Don't panic if you are bitten by a chipmunk. You can wash the wound with clean water first, and then you must go to the hospital for rabies vaccine in time.

The rabies vaccine is very effective in preventing wound infection. Rabies vaccine can be divided into two types: one is post-exposure (post-bite, scratch) prophylaxis, and the other is pre-exposure (no bite, scratch) prophylaxis.

Post-bite (post-exposure) prophylaxis. Any suspected exposure to rabies virus, such as bites, scratches (even minor scratches), broken skin or mucous membranes by animals such as dogs, cats, foxes, wolves, skunks, raccoons and vampire bats Animals who have licked must be vaccinated with this vaccine.

No bite (pre-exposure) prophylaxis. Staff who are at high risk of being bitten or exposed to the virus in the epidemic area, such as veterinarians, animal husbandry managers, animal husbandry personnel, slaughter personnel, rabies virus experimenters, vaccine manufacturers, medical staff of rabies patients, rock caves Staff, people who have frequent contact with other mammals, children in severely affected areas, postmen, and tourists to the affected areas should be vaccinated against rabies.