Rabies caused by a 2 � month old pet pup bite in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh India

Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti; Dr. Kamlesh Sharma; Dr. Preetam Singh Thakur; Dr. J.S. Pathania; Dr. Deepti Singla

Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Rabies caused by a 2 � month old pet pup bite in Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh India

Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti, Dr. Kamlesh Sharma, Dr. Preetam Singh Thakur, Dr. J. S. Pathania, Dr. Deepti Singla

Abstract :

Rabies is most dreaded infectious disease and is invariably fatal once symptoms appear. A 37 years old female presented with symptoms of hydrophobia in causality department of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) Shimla on June 9, 2018. She suffered a dot puncture wound through canine of a pet pup while feeding. The dot puncture wound was neither washed with soap and water nor was any antiseptic applied. The patient did not go for Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) thinking that a small dot puncture wound by a healthy puppy is no risk for rabies. After one and half month the patient started having fear of water and was referred to IGMC, where she succumbed to suspected rabies after three days. The husband of the patient had initially consulted a vet who advised to vaccinate the pup at three months of age. This is the sixth death due to pup bite or aasions investigated by the authors in Himachal Pradesh in last eight years. People should vaccinate pups before they ing them home and vets need not refuse rabies vaccination even if the pup is below three months of age in rabies endemic countries like India to save lives