Rabies vaccine 0, 7 & 21 Days

**sashadidi** · 5th December 2018, 03:49 PM

Definetly worth getting if you are in a rabies area, back in my younger days I worked in Zambia and enviros in medical organisation, people who were bit by a rabid dog died a most horrible death ( not nice to see i can tell you), the ironic thing was in those days the morphine we used to "help" them cost far more than the vaccine......... but thats africa and the local conditions at the time.

**p38arover** · 5th December 2018, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Ron,

I am going overseas for a holiday next year. Rabies was on the list of things to get jabbed for.

Kind regards
Lionel

Hmm, I've never had it for any previous O/S trips - and I did a lot when I was working, fewer since I retired.. I wonder if we should prior to our China trip next year. Off to the DFAT site I guess.

**Ferret** · 5th December 2018, 04:45 PM

Don't know what the DFAT site says about rabies & China but a friend of mine died from rabies whilst living in China ~15+ years ago. Was bitten and contracted it from his own pet dog. Little the Chinese wanted to know or do about it, couldn't even diagnose it. He was evacuated to and diagnosed for rabies in Singapore but of course it's all to late by then.

**Lionelgee** · 5th December 2018, 05:21 PM

Hello All,

I went back to the chemist that I have been getting the vaccines from and asked them. There was not even a second's hesitation. It is the number shown after the first injection as FROM Day 0.

As in:

First injection is Day 0,
Second injection is 7 days after Day 0; and
Third injection is 21 days after Day 0.

So it is injections at 0, 7 & 21 days

Kind regards
Lionel

DiscoMick · 5th December 2018, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I asked the Doc and the nurse today. Both mentioned it is a guide and a day or so either side would not be an issue. They happily disagreed on what 21 days is

Fair enough. More is better. Go with the vaccination nurse I reckon - they are experts in the area.

DiscoMick · 5th December 2018, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

Hmm, I've never had it for any previous O/S trips - and I did a lot when I was working, fewer since I retired.. I wonder if we should prior to our China trip next year. Off to the DFAT site I guess.

I would definitely get it. You can't predict when a rabid dog might bite you - they are everywhere in Asia. Better safe than sorry.
I speak as someone who has been bitten by both dogs and bats. You can never predict which one will be rabid so why take the chance?

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