Swollen after being scratched by a cat, why is it swollen when scratched by a cat Is it infected

Updated on pet 2024-08-02
8 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-15

    If you are scratched and swollen by the cat, you must disinfect, and then go to the clinic to see and check it, generally speaking, the cat is more powerful is the stray cat, if you want to bring the stray cat home to raise, you must pay attention to the following matters.

    First, stray cats are likely to be full of fear of this society and people because of their special encounters, and behave unkindly. Check to see if you already have a pet at home before you're ready to get one. If there is, then keep the stray cat isolated for a period of time, let it slowly become familiar with the environment, and let it slowly integrate with other pets.

    Second, don't blindly bring stray cats home. Before officially taking in a cat, you should take it to a pet hospital for a check-up. Direct vaccination, body washing, disinfection, deworming, and a full body examination to confirm that the stray cat is in good health before taking the stray cat home.

    Third, before bringing a stray cat home, it is best to prepare a clean and comfortable cat litter for it. First of all, all the preparations before feeding should be done, and it is best to prepare the daily food bowl, drinking basin, etc. in advance.

    During the period when a stray cat has just returned home, don't bother it when it's okay. Parents should give the cat a little more space and time to let it get familiar with this new home. You can cuddle it once in a while, pet it, and feed it regularly every day, but don't frighten it, let alone let strangers scare it.

    Note that stray cats are more sensitive and more prone to aggressive behavior due to their special environmental influences, so you must be especially careful when touching stray cats. Don't suddenly touch and cuddle it, you should pay attention to giving the cat a sense of security in life, eliminate its awareness of prevention, so that the cat can slowly integrate into this new life.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-14

    After being scratched and swollen by a cat, you just need to disinfect it well and then make a hot compress.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    The swelling caused by a cat scratch** is that there are many capillaries under the dermis, and after the cat scratches, the capillaries are destroyed, resulting in swelling caused by local congestion of the tissues. Wounds should be disinfected immediately. Swelling after being scratched by a cat** is because there are many capillaries under the dermis, and the capillaries are destroyed after the cat scratches, resulting in swelling caused by local congestion of the tissues.

    The wound should be disinfected immediately to reduce the risk of infection; Rinse the wound with soapy water for more than 20 minutes, squeeze out some of the blood around the bleeding Shanqing oak wound, and bring out the pathogenic bacteria that enter the wound through bleeding, and then repeatedly rub it with iodine wine and pharmaceutical alcohol, disinfect it 2-3 times, until the bleeding stops naturally. Do not bandage the wound and leave it fully exposed.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    1. What should I do if I am scratched and swollen by a cat.

    2. What to do if you are scratched by a cat.

    3. What should I do if I am scratched and swollen by a domestic cat?

    4. Does it matter if the place scratched by a cat is swollen?

    1.Clause. 1. Check whether the wound is bleeding, if not, you should first disinfect the wound with soap and water for about 15 minutes, and then use iodophor and alcohol for further disinfection.

    2.If there is bleeding from the first wound, the wound should be cleaned immediately with soap and then vaccinated at the community epidemic prevention station to avoid rabies infection.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    It is better to go to the hospital and get vaccinated.

    Some time ago, a friend of mine just got a cat and scratched his family one after another, and the doctor asked him to vaccinate.

    Symptoms and harms.

    The clinical manifestations of cat-scratch disease are varied, so it is often misdiagnosed by doctors. Generally, 3 7 days after being scratched and bitten by a cat, erythema, papules, herpes, pustules, crusts, or small abscesses are formed at the scratch and bite site with regional lymphangitis; Then lymphadenopathy appears, commonly found in the submandib, neck, armpit and groin, with a diameter of about 1 8 cm, the diseased lymph nodes show granulomatous inflammatory changes, pus formation in the center, and obvious reticuloendothelial cell hyperplasia can be seen in the later stage. Systemic manifestations include low-grade fever, headache, chills, malaise, cough, anorexia, nausea or vomiting.

    Cat-scratch disease is a self-limiting disease that resolves within 3 weeks to months in most patients without the need for **. According to the main manifestations of cat-scratch disease, it can also be divided into many clinical types: hepatosplenic cat-scratch disease is mainly manifested by splenomegaly and abdominal pain; Encephalopathic cat-scratch disease is characterized by epileptiform convulsions, progressive coma, and rapid recovery of consciousness after a few days; Cat-scratch diseases with ocular manifestations include neuroretinitis optica, conjunctivitis, or inflammation of retinal blood vessels.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Teach you a few ways to deal with a cat scratch.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    Injections are necessary, although cat scratches have a lower risk of disease than dog scratches; For the sake of prudence, the rabies vaccine should be given over 48, and the immune protein injection is expensive, and I have nine injections of 900 yuan; Although my previous cat scratches were severe, I chose to take immune proteins; Rabies disease onset drug treatment;

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    It depends on whether the cat carries the virus, even if the cat does not get sick, it may carry the rabies virus, and it is best to get a vaccine.

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6 answers2024-08-02

It's okay, you're so contradictory, you don't think about tea and food all day long, your parents will be more anxious, go for injections!

19 answers2024-08-02

Hello, after being scratched and bitten by a cat, you first need to disinfect the wound locally for the first time, you can use soap and water to continuously flush the wound, and then disinfect it locally with iodine, and at the same time, go to the local hospital as soon as possible to inject rabies vaccine to achieve the effect of preventing rabies, because as long as you are scratched by a cat, you may get rabies, once you get rabies, the mortality rate can reach 100%, so this disease can only be prevented, can not be **, general prevention is mainly to take the way of vaccination. Good health.

7 answers2024-08-02

If you are scratched by a cat, you will have a fever if you don't pay attention to inflammation, but you will not be infected with the rabies virus, because the rabies virus can only survive in the body fluids, and there is no virus on the paws.

14 answers2024-08-02

Generally, the cat does not have any abnormalities 10 days after being scratched by the cat, which generally means that the cat is not infected with the rabies virus, that is, the scratch theoretically does not need to be injected with rabies vaccine. However, for the sake of life safety, it is still recommended to go to the hospital within 24 hours for rabies vaccination if you are scratched by a cat and bleed. At the same time, pay attention to rinse the wound with soapy water or running water as soon as possible after being scratched by the cat, and disinfect it.

13 answers2024-08-02

Yes, the wound will scab over and heal on its own. However, it is necessary to pay attention to rabies vaccination and take precautions.