Do you have to go to a doctor if the area that a dog bit you is a little swollen?? I don't feel sick?

Question

got bit by a dog today lol I feel stupid...

Answer 1

Dog bites are notorious for getting infected. I got bitten while breaking up a dog fight. I took the dogs to the vet, but didn't go to the doc until 2 days later. I nearly lost my freaking finger. They had to slice it open to "drain" the infection & cut away the dead tissue. I still have no feeling on one side of my thumb.

GO TO THE DOC!

Answer 2

Yes you should go to a doc immediately. sometimes this can be a serious side effect and can cause lots of damage to your body. Only 15 to 20 percent of dog bite wounds become infected. Crush injuries, puncture wounds and hand wounds are more likely to become infected than scratches or tears. Dog bites result in approximately 44,000 facial injuries in US hospitals each year. This represents between 0.5% and 1.5% of all emergency room visits. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States seeks medical attention for a dog bite. Male patients slightly outnumber females in most studies. Unfortunately children comprise 60% of the dog bite victims. Severe injuries occur almost exclusively in children less than 10 years of age. The face is the most frequent target (77% of all injures). Mail carriers are an exception where 97% involve the lower extremities. We see an unusual number of dreadful injuries each spring. Severely injured patients stay an average of 4.2 days in the hospital. Dog bites cause an average of 18 deaths a year.These wounds potentially result in disfiguring scars. The central target area for the face includes the lips, nose, and cheeks. We must protect the patient from infection, tetanus, and possibly rabies after an investigation of the animal. Repair of the wounds may require simple closure, removal of injured tissue, and reconstructive surgery. Underlying nerve and bone injuries may need repair. Sometimes completely severed tissue can be replaced as a graft or reattached with microsurgical repair of tiny blood vessels. Sometimes we have to move other tissue into the defect to close or recreate the disfigured feature. Such reconstruction may need multiple operations over several years. Scars are inevitable. Scars may be improved but never completely removed. Other techniques used to improve the deformity include dermabrasion (sanding of the skin), pressure scar modification, and camouflage make-up. None of this is very much fun for the patient or the family. Patients frequently become nervous of dogs. Parents often suffer from shame and guilt and suffer more than the child.

Answer 3

Any dog bite need to find out did you get the most fatal disease;rabies,other infection is also important.If this dog you know then check check with the vet.and review the vaccination record.If this is a wild dog then need report to police and catch and keep to observe this dog.If any possible you could infectted to rabies you shoud get rabie shot,because this disease show it will be too late .

Answer 4

you go to the dr or a clinic right away.It may be swollen because of the trauma to the tissue..but you dont know what is going on in your circulatory system which is where any virus or infection travels directly if the animal has pierced your skin..go go you ned a tetnus shot and a rabies shot

Answer 5

Go to the doctor. Don't feel stupid. This is nothing to mess around with.

Answer 6

If the bite pierced the skin, please go to the doctor. Don't feel stupid, just go. It may be nothing but it may be something. Good luck.

Answer 7

Go to A and E now, as you will need a tetanus booster and appropriate dressing on the wound. Please don't leave it for days you could get Tetanus.

Answer 8

disenfect and wrap with guaze. if its still swollen after a week of disenfecting and bandaging go see your doctor