Need help with rabies vaccine
Hello everyone.
I am struggling right now and I need your help.
I am travelling in Vietnam and something happened where I was potentially exposed to a rabid dog. It didn’t seem rabid but I got the vaccine just in case.
I got Nerorab, which is a French vaccine. I will do dose 1 and 2 here in Vietnam, but I still need to do dose 3 and 4 (day 7 and day 14) in Japan when I come back.
My understanding is that this vaccine would be available at certain clinics. I am staying at a friend’s house in Nagoya upon return but I live in Kyoto city. So either one of these 2 areas.
Also, I assume that (some) vaccines are interchangeable ?
I see many clinics that do ore-exposure but do they do post-exposure as well?
Thank you it would be super helpful.
WILL DELETE THIS POST AS I AM LITERALLY RECEIVING DEATH THREATS
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Go see a doctor here. They will know which way to go better than us. Or they will refer you to somebody who does.
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You should contact your country’s embassy for urgent assistance.
The last two guys who returned here with rabies are dead.
Got my rabies shots there:
[Shonan Mirai Clinic](https://mirai-clinic.net)
I got a rabies vaccine here, but in Kanagawa, so I can’t really recommend a place.
Kyoto city hospital 京都市立病院has a infectious disease department which will help you get the treatment you need.
Well any Dr or Hospital. Not Reddit. Have you spoken to or went to a Dr?
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That’s really scary. I have had a similar scare after a stray dog incident in Latin America. Rabies is not a ‘fuck around and find out’ type of disease so it’s good that you’re taking this seriously. Everyone who travels to counties where it’s still prevalent: please get your rabies shots before you travel. I did that and it bought me more time to get the follow up shot after the incident.
If all else fails, Shinagawa East Travel Clinic has rabies vaccines here in Tokyo. I got them before I was meant to go to SE Asia out of an abundance of caution (I planned to be quite off-the-beaten-trail for some of the trip). ‘rona-chan had other plans, so I just wasted a ton of money.
Travel Clinics. Call them and tell them about your situation.
Considering those shot are on days 7 and 14, and you got it on days 0 and 3, unless you are 100% sure you can get them in Japan (or some equivalent) I’d do whatever possible to delay my return and take the whole dosis there. Rabies is just one of those things I would never fuck around with.
That said, you can try contacting clinics/hospitals in Japan even from Vietnam to see your options.
Why would someone send you threats because of this post?
Who is sending you death threats?
Be sure to get written documentation of the treatment you receive in Vietnam. Most likely the documents will be written in English since each Japanese doctors are unlikely to read Vietnamese and the Vietnamese doctors are unlikely able to write in Japanese.
I hope you reported the people sending you death threats. What the actual fuck is wrong with people.