Surprise! Side effects of rabies vaccine

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Rabies vaccine is the main method to prevent rabies infection after human being bitten by animals. Rabies is an acute zoonotic disease caused by rabies virus. Surprise! Let's talk about the side effects of rabies vaccine.

Surprise! Side effects of rabies vaccine

First, rabies is an acute zoonotic infectious disease caused by rabies virus, which is of natural or animal origin. It has a wide epidemic and a high mortality rate, posing a serious threat to people's life and health. The typical clinical manifestation of rabies is hydrophobia, so it is also called hydrophobia. In the initial stage, he is sensitive to sound, light, wind and other stimuli, but has a tight feeling in his throat. When he enters the excitation period, he can show extreme terror, fear of water, fear of wind, paroxysmal pharyngeal muscle spasm, dyspnea, etc. Finally, when the spasm stops, he will have all kinds of paralysis, and he can die quickly due to respiratory and circulatory failure. Human rabies is mainly caused by bite, scratch or mucous membrane infection of sick animals. It can also be transmitted by respiratory aerosol under specific conditions. The saliva of infected animals contained rabies virus. The main infectious animals were dogs (more than 90%), followed by cats. It is a positive and effective way to control human rabies to manage dogs strictly, immunize dogs or kill dogs. At present, there is no special effective treatment for this disease, and the mortality rate is almost 100%.

Second: the side effects of rabies vaccine. A few people may have vaccination reaction after rabies vaccination. In addition to the rise of body temperature, some recipients may be accompanied by headache, dizziness, aversion to cold, fatigue and general discomfort, which generally lasts for 1-2 days. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms may occur in individual recipients. Most of them are on the day of inoculation, and rarely last for 2-3 days.

Third: these general reactions after vaccination are caused by the inherent characteristics of the vaccine itself, which will only cause transient physiological dysfunction to the body. When mild systemic reactions occur, strengthen observation, generally do not need any treatment, take proper rest when necessary, drink plenty of boiled water, keep warm, and prevent secondary diseases.

matters needing attention

Patients with severe systemic reaction can take medicine and other symptomatic treatment. High fever or other complications, should be closely observed, it is necessary to go to the hospital for treatment.