Can you get a blood borne disease from dog?!
Question:
Can you get a blood borne disease from dog?
i was followed by 2 dogs but i didnt notice that one of them was bleeding until i notice blood on my leg so now i'm worried but i didnt have any open cut or anything
Answers:
if you have no open wounds and you washed the blood off with soap and water, then you should be fine.
Concerning possible rabies exposure... From the CDC website:
"Non-bite exposures to rabies are very rare. Scratches, abrasions, open wounds, or mucous membranes contaminated with saliva or other potentially infectious material (such as brain tissue) from a rabid animal constitute non-bite exposures. Occasionally reports of non-bite exposure are such that postexposure prophylaxis is given.
Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is also a potential non-bite route of exposure, but other than laboratory workers, most people are unlikely to encounter an aerosol of rabies virus.
Other contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces (e.g., guano) of a rabid animal, does not constitute an exposure and is not an indication for prophylaxis."
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/qu...