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A recent surge! A hospital in Nanjing sees more than 200 patients per day
Nanjing Radio and Television Station2025-07-24 13:14
The weather is hot in summer, and animals have become more aggressive. In addition, people wear thin clothes in summer, and animal attacks have increased significantly. Recently, dog attack clinics in many hospitals have seen a peak in visits.
Recently, the number of patients with cat and dog scratches in many hospitals in Jiangsu Province has increased significantly, with Nanjing Second Hospital seeing more than 200 patients per day on average . Typical cases show that stray cats' attacks and playing with estrus pets are the main causes of injuries.
In this regard, the emergency department doctor of Nanjing Second Hospital reminded that citizens should wash the wound immediately after being scratched or bitten by pets. "If conditions permit, use running water or weak alkaline solution as soon as possible. We usually use soapy water to wash the wound. Generally, each wound is required to be washed for about 15 minutes . After treatment, go to the regular animal injury clinic for medical treatment as soon as possible."
According to the mode of contact and degree of exposure, the country divides rabies exposure into three levels:
- Level I exposure is contact or feeding of animals, or licking of intact skin;
- Level II exposure is a light bite on exposed skin, or a minor scratch or abrasion without obvious bleeding;
- Level III exposure is single or multiple bites or scratches that penetrate the skin, licking of broken skin, or contamination of mucous membranes with animal fluids.
Doctors remind that once a second or third level exposure occurs, patients must go to the hospital for standardized treatment in a timely manner. "We judge the severity of the wound not by how long it is or how many wounds there are, but by where it is and whether there is bleeding. If the scar is on the head, neck, perineum or between the fingers, or if the wound is bleeding and has obvious scratches, you must go to the hospital for treatment."
According to a report by The Paper on July 9, as the largest dog bite clinic in Shanghai, the dog bite clinic of Punan Hospital has also seen a peak in visits recently.
Zhang Lei, executive deputy director of the hospital's emergency department, pointed out that once rabies occurs, it progresses rapidly and the mortality rate is close to 100% . Timely injection of rabies vaccine is the key. Not only when pets such as cats and dogs injure people, but also when bitten or scratched by mammals such as bats, rabies vaccine is needed in a timely manner.
Recently in the dog bite clinic, Zhang Lei also encountered some patients who had been bitten by cats and dogs before and had received rabies vaccine in time. However, more than two months later, they were bitten by cats and dogs again. In this case, do they need to be injected with rabies vaccine again?
In this regard, Zhang Lei emphasized that according to the latest dog bite exposure treatment requirements, if it has been more than 3 months since the last rabies vaccine injection, and then the dog is bitten by a cat or dog, it is still necessary to inject a booster vaccine, and the wound should also be further treated , "because in addition to rabies virus, there may be other microbial infections, which cannot be ignored."
In addition, Zhang Lei also specifically mentioned that some people think that as long as their pets have been vaccinated, they are safe even if they are bitten, and they do not need to be vaccinated against rabies. "This idea is wrong. Regardless of whether the pet has been vaccinated or not, once a person is bitten or scratched, appropriate treatment should be carried out according to the degree of exposure of the dog bite ."
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