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666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Cat bites are no joke, I was recently bitten by one and my arm hurt for almost two weeks. Not sure if putting on a tourniquet was the best idea, but tbf I did think I was gonna bleed to death without it, so that seemed more important than disinfection. Fortunately took only ~15min to have it seen by a doctor and get prescribed anti-biotics.

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Ethalis@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Years ago, a friend of mine adopted the cat that was mistreated by its previous owners and was still very defensive around strangers. He invited a couple of friends over, and one of them insisted on petting the cat despite clear signs that it wanted to be left alone and got bitten as a result. She didn’t think it was a big deal and decided to let it heal on its own, until it became clear that it wasn’t going to so she went to see a doctor a couple days later. That doctor detected early signs of necrosis and told her that, if she had waited a few more days, she would have probably lost her arm to gangrene.

So yeah, cat bites are no joke at all

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MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
You probably had cat scratch fever

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- Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  i think cat bite fever is a little worst.
  
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- 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Nah, it was really quite serious actually, the area around the bite started yellowing under my skin, the whole area got swollen and the pain was numbing. I was prescribed 7 days of anti-biotics but I probably should have had it extended for a few days as the pain hadn’t gone away and the skin was still yellow. Its all good now, fortunately
  
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  - MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m confused as to why you don’t think you had an infectious disease based on that.
    
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    666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No, I knew then later that I had an infection. That appeared maybe 3 hours after the bite. What I tried to say initially was that my immediate reaction to the bite wasn’t disinfection, instead I put on a tourniquet and applied pressure on the dirty bleeding wound
    
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Redjard@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve been scratched by cats but never bitten. And I’ve been around a lot of cats. How’d that happen in your case?

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- 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Two cats were fighting, I tried to pick up the older/bigger cat and it then bit my arm
  
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  - Redjard@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah that makes sense. I commend your valiant effort for cat-kind.
    Hope you did manage to break that fight at least.
    
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