Possibility of exposure
I have read the FAQ. I have had a hole in my bedroom window screen large enough for a bat to get through that I have forgotten to patch up for some time now. Honestly I have always just considered the possibility bugs getting in (and they do of course from time to time) until I was reminded about bats and rabies by an article I saw online recently. I used to have anxiety about rabies like I am sure we all do. This has somewhat reactivated that anxiety. I have slept with that window open for a good amount of nights now. I actually think the hole has been there for possibly a few years now and the window is usually open when I sleep during the warmer months. I am in New Haven county Connecticut.
Now, I know the likelihood of a bat WITH rabies coming in AND biting me or scratching me is quite low, but I really could use some advice or something to soothe my mind right now. I have a feeling doctors wouldn't give me a PEP unless I lied to them and told them I found one in my room. Even then, if there is no mark or wound, would they still give it to me? And does a PEP HAVE to be injected into the site of the wound to be effective anyway?
I also dread the fact that rabies has an incubation period and that period could theoretically, though only in extremely rare cases, be up to 6 years, so I have read. I don't want to carry this around with me for potentially that long. With the way my mind works, though, it certainly will.