r/rabies • u/SnooWords3120 • 5h ago
Exposure Question Pig bite
I have read the FAQ. On August 22nd, I went to an business in TX where you can feed/pet different “wild” animals like deer, goats, and what not. I have never been around pigs before so I had no idea to not put your fingers close to them so when trying to feed the pig, it bit my finger and looked like it barely broke the skin with a purple/red bite mark. It didn’t bleed and I washed my hands probably 5 mins after the bite happened. Because I freak out easily, we instantly went to an urgent care nearby. The doctor looked at it, didn’t clean it, told me I shouldn’t be concerned about rabies because it is a pig that lives in an enclosed area. He gave me antibiotics. I didn’t know any better at the time so I thought I was good. I have been spiraling ever since this happened and reading stuff online. I have been in communication with the business it happened at, they made a report and contacted the local animal control. Animal control got ahold of me on Monday the 31st and said they visited the pig and he is in good health, that the pig is vaccinated for rabies (must be off label since this is no pig vaccine), and that the pig will be in a 30 day quarantine at the business. When I asked about rabies exposure, the officer stated they could not give medical advice. I am still very stressed. What if they quarantined the wrong pig? What if it’s vaccination was not legit? I feel like I’ve been already noticing stuff wrong with me like weird symptoms and not sure if it’s just my anxiety. I spend all my free time reading about rabies and stressing myself out. I don’t know if I should go to another doctor or how I even get another opinion on all this? I don’t have insurance so it really puts me in a bind and causes me to spiral further. Then the incident in North Carolina made me spiral even worse. My family thinks I’m overreacting. Would you get the post exposure shot? Another doctors opinion? Any advice would be awesome so I don’t have to continue this horrible mental health and feeling like I’m gonna die any day
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