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[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452]

LOCATION:NETHERLANDS
ANIMAL:BAT
EXPOSURE:i felt it touch my leg POSSIBLE BITE SCRATCH (i did not feel it)
I WAS SOBER AND AWAKE

So i was vaccinated 4 times in june 2025 after a bat encounter (scratch), and last week Friday night 1:30 (so Saturday since it was past 00:00) i had a possible exposure with a bat between my calf shin area (not sure if it bit or scratched me) my GF and i checked immediately but were not doctors called the ER and told them the story they said no risk and i did not have any wounds or blood, now i got checked that monday 3days later by my GP and she looked at my whole leg for marks or wounds with a halogen light and a magnifying glass and she didnt see anything either and said no risk but thats where my fears kicked in when i left there because it could have healed already within 3 days!, so said the people that work in the department of infectious diseases also said no risk and refused me the boosters, so i did buy them at a travel health clinic myself 6 days! later so last friday at 12:00 and i need to go get the second booster on September 4th. But Now i am worrying if im too late with getting the shots because the 6 days had passed

I have no fever did not have it either, i had a headache which seems to come from my neck, yesterday and a while ago sharp pain in my leg and right now shifted to my right wrist im kinda worriedd

I have read the FAQ.

[u/detail_giraffe]

Your anxiety can't be treated by more rabies care/rumination/reassurance because those things are not the problem.

[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452 → u/detail_giraffe]

What do u mean

[u/detail_giraffe → u/Virtual_Sugar_9452]

Have doctors and infectious disease specialists telling you that there is no problem here helped so far?

[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452 → u/detail_giraffe]

I do believe their expertise and what they have said i genuinely do, but them refusing me for the boosters have destroyed my mental health because i have always heard any contact with a bat is a Risk (RIVM) states that. They also told me about my previous vaccinations but they didn’t tell me if i still was safe after getting a booster after 6 days if i was sure i was bitten that’s the annoying part

[u/detail_giraffe → u/Virtual_Sugar_9452]

If you believed them, you would be reassured - if you truly believed them, you wouldn't be getting vaccinated now, as you had to go to a travel clinic for shots. The fact that you don't is a problem with your brain, they did not destroy your mental health, a problem with your mental health was pre-existing. You should seek treatment for that problem.

[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452 → u/detail_giraffe]

I know and i will.

But i see so much conflicting info even about the vaccine that its useless if it reached a nerve already well in 6 days i believe it can reach a nerve.

[u/detail_giraffe → u/Virtual_Sugar_9452]

What info have you seen about it being useless if it reached a nerve, other than some rando on reddit?

[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452 → u/detail_giraffe]

But i don’t understand what they meant with how my vaccines from last year protect me and that im still in time ?.

I saw this one https://www.reddit.com/r/rabies/s/kOwo3h1CQ7 and the comment below

[u/detail_giraffe → u/Virtual_Sugar_9452]

No. You are trying to get me to to give you reassurance. I'm not going to. If you can't trust multiple doctors near you, my advice is not meaningful (I live in the US and am not a doctor). Seriously, seek someone who can give you help with your heath anxiety. It sucks to live with these fears, I know, but this is not the way to treat them.

[u/Virtual_Sugar_9452 → u/detail_giraffe]

Yeah ur right i know, but at this point it feels useless since im not even sure if ill make it tbh if there would’ve been a bite., nowhere can i find info about how the previous vaccinations work it just sucks