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:
Also:
a) I had a tetanus shot in June
b) I washed the bite wound with hot water and soap
c) The bite hardly hurt after the initial teething into my flesh was completed.
On Dec 14, 2013, at 6:08 PM, Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Hi everyone,
During play, one of our cats bit me earlier
This looks like nothing to me, especially since it was your own cat. You know
it's health and it is not likely to have any disease to transmit. Do you have
peroxide and an antibiotic ointment around? Did it bleed much? It is always
good to let a bite wound bleed out do help wash out
FORGOT, I PREFER AMOXICYLINE. I KNOW it is an old one, but seems to work for
me and does not have the side effects of Leviquin and it's cousins. I know of
too many people who had bad reactions to them.
Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Hi everyone,
During play, one of our cats bit
I had a little girl break my finger (my fault). They (hand surgeons)
put me on doxy. Obviously this was a very deep bite. I have had
zillions of nips that I watch very carefully, wash extremely well and
pack with antibiotic cream. Salt added to the water will make
soaking less
I should have read your entire email. I am not a doctor, was a med tech and my
mother was a nurse, plus experience teaches you a lot.
Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Hi everyone,
During play, one of our cats bit me earlier today. I tried to get to an
urgent care clinic, but they
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
Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. Almost six hours later, the bite seems to
be about the same, from what I can tell. I’m leaning in the direction of going
to the clinic in the morning, but I’ll wait to see what the bite looks like
before deciding. Any further thoughts are always welcome. Hope
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
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