Can pregnant women get rabies shots?

Pregnant women need to be vaccinated against rabies after carefully weighing the pros and cons with a medical professional. Rabies is a serious malignant infectious and fatal disease. Rabies vaccination is the most effective way to prevent rabies, and the vaccine is mostly inactivated rabies virus. There is no contraindication to vaccination after exposure. Pregnant women are in a special period of time, so far no cases have been observed in which vaccination during pregnancy has caused damage to mother and child. It is recommended that the pros and cons of preventive vaccination during pregnancy be carefully weighed. Common adverse reactions such as redness, swelling, pain, hardness, headache or fever may occur at the injection site after vaccination, so it is necessary to pay attention to rest, drink plenty of water and observe closely.