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The news of the tragic death of a 3-year-old boy in Henan who was bitten by a dog
Cause for concern
Reportedly seriously injured by a "husky".
According to a comprehensive news report, Ms. Fan's family lives in Zhaogang Village, Shanggang Township, Xinye County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Ms. Fan said that at about 6 p.m. on April 21, her son Xiaoxing (pseudonym) and his grandmother were playing on the side of the road near Zhaogang Village, when suddenly a "husky" ran over and began to attack Xiaoxing, who was bitten in multiple places on his face, neck and legs.
"A piece of flesh was bitten off on the leg, neck, and around the eyes, and there were several large tooth marks behind the ears and on the neck, and there were multiple broken skin spots on the body." Ms. Fan said that they were given an emergency rabies vaccine that day, and because there was no rabies immune globulin in the local area, and Xiaoxing's injuries were serious, the local hospital recommended that they go to the Nanyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention for wound treatment.
Ms. Fan said that it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening when they arrived in Nanyang City, and they ran to two or three places, either there was no rabies immune globulin, or it was closed, and finally they found a place called Ruihe Hospital's 24-hour canine injury treatment and vaccination clinic, where they cleaned the wound and injected rabies immune globulin, and after the treatment, it was already early in the morning, and then rushed to Nanyang Central Hospital for hospitalization, and the doctor injected Xiaoxing with tetanus vaccine and debrided the wound.
In the future, the fifth dose of rabies vaccine will be administered
Xiaoxing's condition deteriorated
Died after rescue failed
Xiaoxing was hospitalized in Nanyang Central Hospital for 9 days and was discharged on May 1.
Ms. Fan said that Xiaoxing was still in good condition for a few days after being discharged from the hospital and wanted to go to kindergarten, but the situation became worse day by day since May 7.
"On the morning of the 7th, the child kept crying, his body temperature was more than 37 degrees, and he went to the hospital for a blood test and found no abnormality. On May 8, although the child did not have a fever, he kept trying to sleep, his eyes could not be opened, and he was in a semi-coma. Ms. Fan said that on May 8, Xiaoxing began to vomit frequently and became emotionally manic, and she felt that the condition was very serious and asked to be transferred to Nanyang Central Hospital. The doctor said that there is a certain risk on the road, and the child's life is in danger at any time, but I still want to transfer the child to the hospital, at 8 o'clock in the evening on the 8th, we were admitted to the ICU of Nanyang Central Hospital and Nanyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital, the child was still conscious, and would call his parents, but he could not swallow. ”
"The doctor said that the child's central nervous system was almost dead, and there were clinical manifestations of phobia, panic, and mania, and 90% of them were rabies, which made me mentally prepared for critical illness. If we want further rescue treatment, it is recommended that we go to a big hospital in Wuhan or Zhengzhou. Ms. Fan said that in the early morning of the 9th, Xiaoxing could no longer breathe on her own, but they still wanted to fight for it, hoping to rescue the child.
At about 3 o'clock in the morning on the 9th, the ambulance carrying Xiaoxing drove to Zhengzhou City, but unfortunately, before the ambulance arrived at the Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Xiaoxing lost his heartbeat. At this time, Xiaoxing had not yet had time to get the fifth dose of rabies vaccine.
The reporter saw in the diagnosis certificate provided by Ms. Fan that the diagnosis made by Nanyang Central Hospital and Nanyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital for Xiaoxing was: 1. Severe encephalitis 2, rabies 3, and acute respiratory failure. However, the second item of rabies is marked with a question mark. On May 14, the reporter called the phone number of Nanyang Central Hospital, and the staff said that the condition was personal privacy and it was inconvenient to disclose.
The dog owner has not been found
Ms. Fan said that on April 21, the day Xiaoxing was bitten, they went to the local police station to report to the police, but so far they have not found the owner of the dog. Ms. Fan said that she is particularly helpless now and only hopes to find the dog owner as soon as possible and seek justice for the child.
The reporter contacted a village cadre in Zhaogang Village, and she confirmed to the reporter that Xiaoxing was bitten to death by a vicious dog, and they also went to the hospital to express condolences during Xiaoxing's hospitalization. After Xiaoxing was bitten, they immediately sent a photo of the vicious dog to the grid group, calling on everyone to pay attention to safety and hunt and kill, and the vicious dog was killed by the villagers of the surrounding villages when it hurt people again. The village cadre said that the injured dog did not know where it came from, and the owner of the dog had not yet been found, and it was likely to be a stray dog, and they had reported the situation to the township, and planned to apply for subsidies to the victims' families through the civil affairs department, but the other party did not agree.
"We are very sympathetic to the plight of the victim's family, and we also regret the tragic death of Xiaoxing. The police have been investigating the dog's owner. In the future, we will also actively help the victimized families. The village cadre said.
Why do I still get sick after receiving rabies vaccination?
It has been reported that the vaccine does not produce immune antibodies immediately after one injection, and it usually takes 7-10 days for antibodies to develop, and some people do not have time to produce enough antibodies before rabies develops.
Therefore, in some cases, the canine injury doctor will recommend the injection of rabies immune globulin according to the level of wound exposure, and rabies immune globulin is a blood product made by extracting rabies immune globulin from human blood that has been vaccinated against rabies and produces antibodies. It's an antibody, so it can neutralize the rabies virus directly.
Don't make these 4 mistakes!
Mistake 1: Failure to rinse the wound in time. After being bitten by an animal, the rabies virus will stay in the wound for a short time before invading the peripheral nerves, so it is very important to seize the time and rinse it in time. Experts recommend repeated washing with running water or soapy water for at least 15 minutes.
Mistake 2: Not getting to the hospital in time. Pets are in different stages of the disease, the content of the virus in saliva is different, and the rabies virus in the later saliva is more than in the early stage of the disease. The incubation period and case fatality rate vary depending on the bite site. If the head or face is bitten, because it is located close to the central nervous system, the onset of the disease will be faster and the mortality rate will be higher than that of the limbs. It is safest to go to the hospital as soon as possible and have it taken care of by the doctor.
Mistake 3: Failure to fully vaccinate against rabies as required. The rabies vaccine should be fully vaccinated, and the rabies vaccine is divided into two types: pre-exposure and post-exposure, and the injections are different in different situations.
Mistake 4: Not having rabies immune globulin injections. Theoretically, only level 3 exposure requires rabies immunoglobulin injection and rabies vaccination. However, in clinical practice, many patients do not rinse their wounds in time, and to be on the safe side, doctors will treat level 2 exposure as level 3 exposure and inject rabies immune globulin.
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