What to do about minor rat scratches

Because rats carry many pathogens, minor scratches need to be treated with timely wound cleaning, rabies vaccination and hemorrhagic fever vaccination. 1. Clean up the wound: Since rats carry many pathogens, it is easy to cause wound infection, wash the wound with soap and water repeatedly in time, and sterilize the scratched area with iodophor or alcohol after thorough rinsing. 2. Rabies vaccine: rats may carry rabies virus, rabies has a high mortality rate, rabies vaccine is recommended. 3. Hemorrhagic fever vaccine: rodent scratches may be infected with hemorrhagic fever, you can go to the local epidemic prevention station to consult whether you need to inject the hemorrhagic fever vaccine, be alert to the occurrence of hemorrhagic fever, hemorrhagic fever can be transmitted through direct contact or indirect contact, if the late scratching of persistent fever, headache and other symptoms, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner. If you are slightly scratched by rats, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to avoid causing other adverse reactions.