I have bitten by a rat.what to do now ?


Question:
rat bite me on left toe.

Answers:
Call your local emergency room. They can carry diseases and you may need a tetnis shot at least. There is also something called rat bite fever. You can read about it here.

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/rat-bite_fever.jsp

Other Answers:
bite it back!
Get a tetinus shot (I probably spelled that really wrong...)
Go to the ER immediately, Rat's carry a lot of diseases...you shouldnt even have that question
You need to get to a hospital and get a tetanus shot right away because you could get rabies.
Kill the rat. Call animal control to verify if the rat has rabies or not. Go to the doctor and have the bite treated. If the rat had rabies, or some other filthy disease -- rats are rife with human-life-threatening diseases -- the doc will have to innoculate you against rabies.

Do it today.
rats carry diseeases..go to the hospital
Try and capture the rat. This is to check for rabies. Get a tentanus shot. Heal.
Pet rat or wild? If it's been raised in captivity, you're probably fine. However, if it's a wild rat, absolutely get a Tetnus shot.

Call the ER and ask. They will likely to tell you to get the shot either way, but if your shots are up to date and the rat is a captive rat, and your toe is not red, swollen, etc, you'll probably be fine.


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