Question

Select the type of prevention the following activity/action best represents. Rabies treatment after developing clinical symptoms following being bitten by an infected animal:

	A.	Primary
	B.	Secondary
	C.	Tertiary
	D.	All of these
	E.	None of these

Answer 1

C) Tertiary

Rabies treatment after developing clinical symptoms following being bitten by an infected animal should be consider as a tertiary treatment.

Preexposure vaccination is generally termed as primary treatment.

Postexposure treatment termed as secondary treatment.

After having sign and symptoms , the treatment can be called as tertiary treatment and in this condition the patienr condition become very critical as the pathogen reaches the brain and most of cases lead to fatal.