I suggest you get a vaccine and see if the puppy that bit you dies within ten days. If he dies of rabies, you can continue the injection. If he's not dead, don't worry, you're not infected with rabies at all! !
Finally, how to judge whether it is rabies or a healthy dog? The following is the expert's judgment on dogs ~
1. What do you mean by "healthy dog"?
"Healthy dog" means that there is no obvious abnormality or disease in appearance, but "normal" or "healthy". For example, from the appearance and shape (such as the appearance of fur, walking gait, sitting posture), appetite, spirit, reaction and other aspects, it is the same as a healthy dog, and it is the same as usual in the eyes of its owner. If a systematic clinical examination is carried out, it is not difficult for veterinarians and careful owners to find obvious signs such as no fever, no red eye (no congestion), no secretion, no yellow sclera (no jaundice), no salivation, wet nose, no dyspnea, clean anus and no diarrhea. So "obviously healthy" means that the dog has no obvious symptoms and signs. For rabies, a "healthy dog" refers to a dog that has no rabies symptoms and does not need to be tested to prove it.
Second, how to judge the clinical manifestations of dogs bitten by suspicious dogs?
If dogs and cats are suspected to have rabies (veterinarians or related professional medical personnel), generally speaking, they should be executed immediately (euthanized) and the brain tissue should be sent to a conditional laboratory for pathological and virological examination of rabies. Conditional, can also be isolated observation.
A research institute in Thailand took in 2 152 dogs and cats, which were delivered within 1-4 days after their owners found their behavior abnormal and were bitten, and kept them in captivity for observation. It was found that all dogs proved to be rabies died within 10 days after being taken in [note 1]. Up to now, professional books at home and abroad also say that dogs suspected of rabies should be observed in isolation 10 day. If the dog does not get sick and die within 10 days, it is not rabies and the bitten person is not exposed.
However, in recent years, some readers in some health science newspapers often ask that they were bitten by dogs several months or years or even more than ten years ago. The dog was not killed as a mad dog, but was healthy. The reader's question is: Is it possible to get sick? Do you still need vaccination now?
However, doctors in infectious diseases or rabies clinics usually answer that healthy dogs will also carry viruses, and the incubation period of rabies is very long, which can be as long as ten, twenty or even thirty years, so it is possible to get sick. Therefore, in order to vaccinate rabies vaccine, it is best to determine the antibody level of rabies virus in serum to know whether the vaccination is effective. This answer is the main reason for the public's unwarranted panic about rabies. In the city, children are often bitten or licked by domestic healthy puppies, and the family is busy, so they hurriedly escort their children to the epidemic prevention station for vaccination. I have received calls from more than a dozen relatives, friends or strangers asking such questions. In fact, this panic is unnecessary.
The incubation period of rabies refers to the time from contact with rabies virus (mainly dog bite) to onset. Generally 20-90 days, occasionally as short as 10 days, 1 year is rare. If a person is bitten by a dog and becomes ill within 5, 6 days or less, it can't be rabies. It is reported somewhere that a woman was bitten by someone else's dog for 2 days and fell ill, tearing her clothes and cramping all over her body. In fact, this is hysteria or hysteria.
Most people who ask this kind of question are sensitive and nervous, and get the answer from the doctor above, and they are anxious and even desperate all day. I met a suspected rabies patient who has been ill for several years. He was injected with five rabies vaccines and tested twice for antibodies. First, he wrote me a long letter. Then he interviewed me and called me four or five times. It takes a long time every time, and it's useless for me to explain. I suggested that he go to a psychiatric clinic. He didn't seem interested in it, and later I learned that he had been to the psychiatric department many times.
Diagnostic criteria for rabies in live dogs [Note 2]
If this is too simple, we can make a preliminary diagnosis of suspicious dogs according to the following six clinical standards, which is helpful to deal with bitten people.
[1] How old is the dog?
① Less than 1 month, not rabies.
② If the age is greater than 1 month or unknown, look down [2];
[2] Dog's health?
① People who are healthy (have no disease symptoms) or have been ill for more than 10 days are not rabies.
② If the illness is shorter than 10 days or unknown, look down [3];
[3] What is the disease state?
(1) was in good health and suddenly became ill, not rabies.
(2) gradually onset or unknown, look down [4];
[4] What was the clinical situation in the last 3-5 days?
(1) The condition is stable or improved, and it is not rabies.
(2) If the disease progresses or is unknown, look down [5];
[5] Can dogs "circle"?
When a dog stumbles or walks in a cage, it always turns in one direction and hits its head on the fence as if it were blind.
① Yes, not rabies (mostly canine distemper).
(2) No, or unclear, look down [6];
[6] Did the dog have two or more of the following 17 symptoms and signs one week before his death?
(1) drooping chin.
(2) Abnormal sound.