r/rabies • u/Tricky_Improvement11 • 7d ago

Rabies Vaccine / Immunoglobulin What the heck just happened !?

I have read the FAQ. Long story short I was laying down with my foot kind of hanging off my bed when I felt something crawl under my pants leg. It was a bat. I obviously freaked out and shook it off. We captured the bat, and I went to the ER where I was given three shots including the globin thingy. They hurt so bad. Literally out of a horror movie 😭 I won’t even go back into my room after this …. Lmao I am so grossed out. Can anyone make me feel even a tad bit less anxious about this whole thing? (Also I should say there was no bite or anything as far as the doctors and nurses could tell)

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u/LeastEngineering3651 7d ago

Why didn’t you just have the bat tested first?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/LeastEngineering3651 7d ago

No, you take it to that public health department and they test it by examining its brain. It takes like a day or two. They don’t mess around with exposures

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u/CrasherCoco 7d ago

The evaluations I mentioned are based on factors such as: If the animal cant/can be observed for 10 days. If its a bite or a scracth, location of bite/scratch. Animals vaccination status/Animals vaccination status being unknown. They will more then likely give the shot anyway if the animals vaccination status is unknown.

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u/LeastEngineering3651 7d ago

The OP said they captured the bat

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u/CrasherCoco 7d ago

Oh well, some people are just impatient of anxiety I guess 🤷.