I’ve Been Bitten By a Dog. Can I Get An Infection?

If you have been bitten by a dog then YES, you can get a number of infections, and the wound should be treated immediately. Proper treatment of the wound can prevent infections and diseases such as: 

• Sepsis
• Osteomyelitis
• Tenosynovitis
• Septic Arthritis
• Rabies
• C canimorsus 

It is important for a doctor to find out if there is a possibility that the dog had rabies. If so, then the victim must receive preventative treatment. The physician must also know if the victim had been inoculated for tetanus. All of these infections can lead to serious health issues, and even result in death. C canimorsus, for example, which is very rare, can lead to fever, malaise, vomiting, diarrhea, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.

However, with proper and immediate treatment these dog bite infections can be prevented. Therefore, it is important that after a dog attack to get the victim to a doctor immediately. If the dog attack was unprovoked, and the victim was acting within the law, then the owner of the dog may be help liable for the damages.

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