[Animals] If you were bitten by a dog or cat, this is how you can treat the wound Dog bite

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Experts recommend washing the lesion. If the animal has rabies, it must go to a hospital.

 

 

The bite of a dog or a cat can be noticed at any time. Whether it is your pet, an animal on the street or someone else's. Faced with this situation, it is common not to know how to react.

 

Therefore, we bring you some recommendations in case you suffer a dog or cat bite.

 

 

Animals generally bite a person if they feel threatened, are sick or if they are protecting something like their territory or their young.

How to treat a bite wound?

 

Andrea Márquez Nossa, veterinary doctor of the Subdirectorate of Surveillance in Public Health of the District Health Department, advises that if an animal bites it, wash the wound for 15 minutes with laundry soap.

 

Then you should massage the lesion for 3 minutes and rinse again for another 2 minutes. This should be repeated about 3 times, according to the expert.

 

The use of laundry soap is necessary as this removes the animal's saliva and allows the capsule that surrounds the virus to break, if it has been contracted with the bite.

 

This is a partial solution, since Márquez recommends going to a doctor who will evaluate the wound and determine the necessary treatment. In some cases, it can be vital to get the rabies vaccine.

 

For these cases, the Ministry of Health advises that the injury be treated immediately. Once the wound is washed, as described above, it is necessary to go to a health center.