Prevention is always better than cure. We can prevent rabies in our pets by giving them a onetime shot of the "recombinant vaccine" called as the V-RG. It is available in all domestic pet clinic outlets throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. This vaccine will best prevent your pet from getting affected by the rapdo virus. Domestic cats and dogs show an increased reception rate to this vaccine than humans. The treatment after getting infected is a lengthy process. It involves three types of treatment activity depending on the level of infection that is diagnosed.

The initial stage of treatment is "post exposure prophylaxis" (PEP). That is this treatment procedure is effective in most of the cases treated for rabies. This treatment procedure administers a dosage of anti viral shots to prevent the diseases outbreak in patients. This method is effective only when it is done 10 within a possible onset of infection. This method also takes care of the initial treatment procedures such as washing the wound with iodine or sodium for about 5 minutes in running water. This will remove substantial amount of virus from the bite site. Various body parts where mucous is getting generated has to be washed with an anti virudal cleanser. Eyes, throat, nose are to be taken at most care, as they are the most possible entry points for the virus into the respiratory stream.

Usually an intramuscular or intradermal vaccination is given, however the latter is quite uncommon these days as it is a pain staking procedure which involves injecting in the patients deltoid for a period of 1 month - not a good vibe. The intramuscular vaccine promoted by the WHO is more effective and a simpler procedure. The entire dosage is just few milliliters of anti viral dosage that can effectively control the outbreak. PEP is the most effective treatment procedure available to treat rabies when administered promptly. There is a widespread misconception that PEP is to be administered only within 10 days of the infection, however it is not true. In every case of a rabies infection the PEP is administered initially as it can effectively put a halt to the disease growth inside the body even after weeks of infection. An RPEP is a slight variant of the PEP that is administered to patients who suffer from a viral outbreak due to contact with bats.

When the disease enters into more advanced stage, treatment is by far very less, as the central nervous system is affected considerably at this time frame. Cure after this point or treatment is by only one way. The doctors usually follow what is called as the "Milwaukee protocol". This is a complex medical procedure that involves inducing a coma in the patient and treating the disease. This method however, is shown to be successful in only one or two cases. The patients are administered with drugs that halt the brain activity completely, thus giving time for the immune system of the body to slowly overcome the disease. After 2 to 3 weeks, the induced coma is reversed to bring back the patient to his normal state.