Rabies Prevention

Rabies Prevention

This writing is mainly about the vaccines or the products that can be used to prevent Rabies. Its states the names of a couple of vaccines such as preexposure phophylaxis and Rabies immune globulin. And it explain how each of them work or what they do. It names some kinds of people who are at daily exposure or at risk of obtaining Rabies. It also says who long the Rabies immune globulin has effect.

Rabies is a very dangerous thing once you get it, because once you get the symptoms for

Rabies there is nothing anyone can do about it. There just isn’t any treatment after the

symptoms have shown. But just a couple of years ago scientists made a vaccine that can

cause immunity after it is given to the patients. There is two different periods it can be

used. One is used before the person gets Rabies and the other is used while the person

already has Rabies. The one that is used before the person has Rabies is called

Preexposure prophylaxis. And the one that is used while the person has Rabies is called

Postexposure prophylaxis. Even though Rabies are rare to humans it is estimated that

18,000 people are vaccinated with Preexposure prophylaxis and 40,000 people are

vaccinated for Postexposure prophylaxis in a yearly basis. Preexposure prophylaxis is

usually given to people in daily risk of obtaining Rabies such as animal handlers,

veterinarians and some laboratory workers. It could maybe even be given to a person who

comes across or in contact withan infested animal and people who study Rabies or the

vaccines for Rabies. People who have been vaccinated for rabies in a period of six

months must get a, (serum), blood test for antibody and receive a bit more vaccine. Even

though some people feel secure after receiving the preexposure vaccination, its good for

them to know that bu using this vaccination it doesn’t eliminate the need fore different

medication but it helps by eliminating the need for Rabies immune globulin reducing the

doses needed of this vaccination. The vaccines can help by causing immunity in a

person whose postexposure might be delayed. And by providing protection from

exposure to Rabies. In the United States there is two types of immunizing product against

Rabies. One of them is the rabies vaccines which gives the body an active response that

produces neutralizing antibodies. And the other is Rabies immune globuling (RIG)

which even though it provides a quick immunizing result it is estimated to last 19-21 days

which is a very short period of time with the effect.