Can I get rabies just by a dog's lick?

Hello,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

Rabies virus is found in the saliva of the infected dogs (not all dogs).

Infection can be transmitted through biting of infected dogs where saliva directly reaches our blood.

So theoretically you can be infected but in reality, there are very few cases that infection is spread by licking.

The crucial issues here are:

1. Has the dog been vaccinated against rabies? Are there any signs of sickness on the dog?

a. If the dog is healthy and vaccinated then you should not worry and rabies vaccine is not required.

b. If the dog is sick or unvaccinated, you have to take the full course of rabies vaccine.

c. Schedule of the vaccine will be third, seventh, fourteen, and twenty-eighth day.

d. Regarding other infection, you should not worry.

For more information consult an internal medicine physician online.

Hello,

Welcome back to icliniq.com.

As the dog is healthy and most probably vaccinated, you do not have to take the vaccine.

You should not worry. There is a very low risk of infection.

For more information consult an internal medicine physician online.