I'll weigh in with soap and water, betadine flush, topical antibiotic and Augmentin (tho it's usually the Clavamox form I have around) or Cephalexin.
Margo -----Original Message----- >From: "Gloria B. Lane" <[email protected]> >Sent: Dec 14, 2013 11:54 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] OT: cat bite > >Just had to add my 2 cents. Lance, I always prefer Augmentin, and it's always >worked well for me. I usually clean the bite with cold water and hydrogen >peroxide, and if I see the red lines creeping up my hand and arm, I head for >the doctor (started to say vet) and get some Augmentin. One tried to give me >something else, I forget what, but it irritated my sensitive tummy and I went >back for Augmentin. Fortunately haven't had a bite in a long time :) > >Glad yours is doing well. > >Gloria > > > >On Dec 14, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Christiane Biagi wrote: > >> Listen, I had one cat, the late great Little Boy, who bit me twice over the >> years and each time I had to spend the night in the hospital for iv >> antibiotics. Thing is some cats have this bacteria in their mouth >> (Pasteurella multocida) and he was one of them. If that bacteria gets into >> your bloodstream, it can quickly lead to sepsis. He was the only cat I had >> who had that bugger and he was sweet as pie but a bite was a bad thing. >> Look for a red line going u your arm...if you start seeing it--go to eroom >> as you want to stop infection from hitting lymph nodes and causing sepsis. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Lance >> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:08 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Felvtalk] OT: cat bite >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> During play, one of our cats bit me earlier today. I tried to get to an >> urgent care clinic, but they decided to stop seeing people at 4:30 pm. >> despite listing hours as 9-5. Real nice. ;-) >> >> Anyway, I'm wondering how worried I should be. A lovely pic of the bite can >> be seen here: >> >> https://www.evernote.com/shard/s201/sh/fc76bb30-31ff-40ed-80b1-4f499d5461e4/ >> 4adec821f3519913f482848c4c5f730b >> >> It seems much more superficial and "scratchy" rather than being a deep >> puncture wound, and FYI, you're looking at my right arm about two inches >> above my elbow. >> >> We have doxycycline in the house, but the last time I was bitten, I took >> augmentin. Would prefer to do that, but I'm out of luck for the night, >> unless I feel like a high-costing trip to the ER (I'm currently >> inusrance-less, as luck would have it). >> >> Has anyone used doxy for cat bites? What symptoms around the bite should I >> be looking for that indicate its seriousness? I can get in to the urgent >> clinic tomorrow morning at 9, and the bite happened this afternoon at 3:45. >> Hopefully that gives me a little time. I know that none of you are MDs >> (well, I don't know that for sure), but would appreciate input. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lance >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > >_______________________________________________ >Felvtalk mailing list >[email protected] >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
