看你被啥動物咬過吧,包括家養的動物,有沒有定期打狂犬疫苗。
我曾問過獸醫,說3年給家貓打一次就可以,但如果你家貓兒從來不出門,打不打也許無所謂,我家貓兒會去前院和後院,也抓老鼠和鳥,應該打的。開春帶他去打,前院浣熊肯定有的,粑粑裏會不會有病毒呢?
我二十年前打過一次,抓進屋的蝙蝠被咬了(異常行為,蝙蝠不應該飛進屋),去急診,給打了百白破,我要打狂犬疫苗,但醫生翻著書給我看,說感染率萬分之一,我說假如感染,哪怕億萬分子一,我中彩了就會死(狂犬感染百分百的死亡率),但急診醫生不聽,不給打。
我上網查了打公共衛生電話,接電話的聽了二話沒說,給家庭醫生診所塊遞了狂犬免疫蛋白和疫苗。
疫苗必須48小時內接種,否則就沒效。
學到的關鍵一課,不管你多麽天不怕地不怕,不管你多愛小動物,千萬不要動手接觸(假如進屋了找專業人士);尤其在外旅遊,千萬不要撫摸小動物,假如忍不住必須摸,每3年打一次疫苗(不知道是不是自掏腰包),或者旅遊前先打疫苗。
(出門旅遊,該打的疫苗一定要打,我4月去阿根廷,沒要求打黃熱病疫苗,但瀑布蚊子多,假如被咬了感染了呢?所以我會打,OHIP 不保)。
CDC的這個鏈接,等於啥也沒說。
https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/about/index.html
三藩市的這個鏈接說的很詳細,美國可能攜帶的動物有:浣熊,臭鼬,狐狸,蝙蝠,負鼠,野狗。貓狗牛偶爾也會感染。但因為貓狗都接種了疫苗所以感染率幾乎沒有。
https://www.sf.gov/prevent-getting-rabies-after-animal-bite-scratch-or-exposure
Find out which animals can pass rabies to people
In San Francisco, all animal rabies cases since the 1940s have occurred in bats.
In the USA, most animal cases of rabies occur among wild raccoons, skunks, foxes, and bats. Coyotes and opossums can also pass rabies. Domestic animals such as dogs, cats, and cattle, can get infected with rabies, but they only rarely do. A pet dog, cat, or ferret that was born in the USA and is documented to be current with rabies vaccines is very unlikely to have rabies.
In the USA, rabies has not been passed to humans by small rodents like gophers, squirrels, mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, or guinea pigs.
In developing countries, including most of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, domestic and wild animals carry rabies. In these countries, people may get rabies from dogs.
If the health of the animal cannot be determined at 10 days (it was a stray that ran away, for example) then:
- If the animal lives in San Francisco, it is extremely unlikely to have rabies. So we do not strongly recommend shots. But since there is still a small chance of rabies, we recommend a shared decision about the shots between you and your doctor.
- If the animal lives outside San Francisco, we will consider the likelihood of rabies in the area where the animal lives. We then make a recommendation. If you got bitten by a dog, cat, or ferret outside the USA, we usually give a strong recommendation for rabies shots.