Point well taken. Will remember that. ---- Christiane Biagi <ti...@mindspring.com> 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:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > Lance > Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:08 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > 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 > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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