Hamsters need to be vaccinated if they bite. Although there are not many cases of rabies caused by being bitten by a rat, it cannot be completely ruled out. Therefore, after being bitten by a hamster, you must go to the hospital to get vaccinated in time.

Before vaccination, wounds should be cleaned promptly with running water and soap and bandaging is prohibited.

After the wound is treated, it is very necessary to get a tetanus vaccine. However, some people ask for a rabies vaccine, so it is safer to get one. Because rabies is not only caused by dog ​​bites, cats, rabbits, and even rodents can also cause rabies after being bitten.

The correct treatment method for being bitten by a hamster:

1. The first thing to do after a rat bites the human body is to rinse and disinfect with clean water or soapy water. Then disinfect with iodophor or alcohol.

2. Because rats carry pathogenic bacteria of a variety of infectious diseases, they can cause rabies, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, typhus, scrub typhus and other infections. Among them, rabies has the worst prognosis, and rabies injections The efficacy of the vaccine is accurate, so it is recommended to inject the vaccine and closely observe the local wounds to see if there is any local infection.

3. Close observation is required for the occurrence of systemic symptoms, such as fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, etc.