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Girl survives rabies without vaccine

post #1 of 8
6/13/11 at 12:50pm
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http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/13/3695440/all-caps-hed-hereupper-and-lower.html

 

I love happy endings! I would not hesitate however to get this vaccine if my child or myself were bitten or scratched by a feral animal.

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post #2 of 8
6/14/11 at 6:56am

Yeah, it's a happy ending, in that she is alive, but she's probably got a ton of rehab, and surviving it's so rare, I'd absolutely get the vaccine if this were ever an issue.

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post #3 of 8
6/14/11 at 7:06am

What an amazing story! And of course this is not a replacement for the vaccine- does anyone really think that?? headscratch.gif

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post #4 of 8
6/15/11 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by homemademomma View Post

What an amazing story! And of course this is not a replacement for the vaccine- does anyone really think that?? headscratch.gif



I'm sure there are people out in the world who would take this and run with it claiming "See people survive rabies, I don't need to take my kid in to get vaxed!"

 

Ignoring the fact that there are only six known cases of people surviving rabies.

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post #5 of 8
6/15/11 at 6:18pm

My whole family had to get the rabies vax when I was about 10?.....no reactions from any of us that were obvious. I would DEFINITELY give it to my child if exposed....I've seen enough rabid animals to scare me for life...

 

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post #6 of 8
6/18/11 at 7:54pm

Rabies is the one and only vaccine that I would take/administer unequivocally, no questions asked. I'm so glad this girl survived but personally, I would never ever take that chance.

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post #7 of 8
6/21/11 at 3:10pm

Does anyone know why the girl wasn't given the rabies vaccine once they realized she had rabies? Was it too late at that point? Just curious.

 

Yeah I would get this one too!

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post #8 of 8
6/21/11 at 5:00pm
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Originally Posted by JFTB1177 View Post

Does anyone know why the girl wasn't given the rabies vaccine once they realized she had rabies? Was it too late at that point? Just curious.

 

Yeah I would get this one too!



I don't know the specifics of this case, but usually the reason is that once someone manifests the symptoms of rabies they are a few weeks to months out from the exposure.  The vaccine or the immuneglobulin is not helpful once there are nervous system symptoms.

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