Recently, the emergency team of Viet Duc Friendship Hospital received a 22-month-old patient (in Ninh Binh) bitten by a dog, admitted to the hospital in a state of panic, crying due to pain and heavy bleeding, the patient's face showed many complex wounds from dog bites, causing physical damage and severe psychological impact.
According to MSc.BS Nguyen Thi Huong Giang - Department of Maxillofacial Surgery - Plastic Surgery and Aesthetics shared: The biggest difficulty in the treatment process is that young patients are mentally panicked, have a lot of pain, and do not cooperate during examination, causing obstacles in assessing lesions and controlling bleeding.
In addition, potential risks such as infection and especially rabies pose challenges for the emergency team, requiring rapid, accurate and comprehensive intervention to ensure the safety of pediatric patients.
Immediately after receiving the patient, the medical team urgently controlled the bleeding situation for the patient, and thoroughly cleaned and disinfected the entire wound. The patient was indicated for emergency surgery as soon as possible.
During the surgery, the crushed tissues on the baby's face were carefully removed, and the wound was optimally treated to restore both function and aesthetics.
After being comprehensively treated for facial wounds and controlling the risk of infection, the patient was prescribed serum and rabies vaccine by the doctor according to the protocol.
Currently, the patient's condition is progressing positively: The baby is awake, stable, no longer fussy and no signs of infection have been recorded. This result not only shows the effectiveness of timely emergency care but also shows the important role of proper medical intervention in cases of accidents caused by animal bites.
What is worrying is not only the injury, experts recommend: Accidents caused by animal bites not only cause serious physical damage but also leave severe psychological trauma for young children.
At the age of the above patient, painful and panicked experiences can make children prolonged fear, obsession when seeing animals, sleep disorders, startling, and crying.
To prevent similar accidents, parents need to pay special attention to the habits of taking care of and raising pets in the family. Children need to be educated about safe behavior with animals, and should not let young children play alone with animals/animals, even if they have been raised in the house for many years.
Families raising animals/animals need to proactively take them for rabies vaccination fully periodically, and at the same time have management measures such as locking them up, muzzling them, especially when there are young children in the house or when taking them out to public places.
