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One injection of rabies immunoglobulin -- that's the expensive part. With me, they injected it all around the bite. Then three injections of rabies vaccine, spaced out over some days.
Good on the old fellow for realizing what he was dealing with.
I'm just wondering what kind of iPad case had room for a bat.
Ewwwww, I couldn't even read this story, it is so creepy. I feel bad for the man who was bitten and what he will have to go through to prevent coming down with rabies.
Poor man my sister had to have those shots back in the 1970's for she got bit by a stray dog .7 shots for seven days in the stomach area . I remember those ewe . I remember her screaming about it . I hope it is better now .
I had an encounter with a bat several years ago. I didn't get bitten, but I was unknowingly sleeping in a room where a bat was present. CDC recommendations are to get the shots in that case, so I did. I probably didn't need to, but I wasn't going to take a chance. The shots weren't that bad. At the time, there were only a couple of hospitals in Denver that carried the RIG, so I had to call around to the Health Department for their suggestions on where to go (I think you have a week or so before you have to start the shots). And as someone else has mentioned, the RIG is very, very expensive. After the RIG, I got the follow up vaccine shots over 7-14 days at the County Health Department. I think each one was around an additional $200.
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