Going to a neighbor to play, a 3-year-old boy was bitten by a dog and ripped his face off

Phu Tho Province Obstetrics and Children’s Hospital has just received a 3-year-old child in a state of crying, panic, and many scars dog bite on the face.

The patient’s mother said that she had gone to a neighbor’s house to play and was attacked by a dog. Hearing the child’s screams, neighbors and family ran over to see that the patient was being bitten by a dog, and when checked, he found injuries in the face and cheeks, bleeding wounds, and dirt.

According to the patient’s mother, the dog that attacked her daughter was raised by a neighbor’s family to take care of the house. At the time of the incident, the dog was left loose, without a muzzle.

The patient was seriously injured by a dog bite

Soon after, the family took the patient to the emergency room at the Phu Tho Province Obstetrics and Children’s Hospital. Doctor Vuong Phuong Thao, Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology – Otolaryngology, who directly handled the wound, said that the patient admitted to the hospital suffered facial injuries: Both cheeks, torn close to the nose wall and had many wounds. profuse bleeding. In which, the most serious is the corner wound in the left eye closest to the eye.

After assessing the condition of the wound, the doctors performed surgery to restore multiple wounds and at the same time advised tetanus vaccination, rabies serum injection, and antibiotic prophylaxis.

Doctors also recommend that people who are attacked by dogs / animals need to take the initiative to get vaccinated to protect their health.