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Cat-scratch disease or cat-scratch fever, an infection that causes fever and swollen lymph nodes, can develop from cat scratches even if they only break the surface of the skin. Based on reports of people treated for cat bites at hospitals, women are most likely to be victims of cat bites and scratches. [20]
In very rare cases, it’s possible for a cat scratch to pass along something more serious than CSD, like rabies, a viral disease that is almost always fatal once symptoms appear. However, it’s ...
Statistics generated by the state of Ohio document that cat bites make up about 20 percent of all animal bites each year. Bites from cats can not only transmit serious diseases such as rabies, but bites can develop bacterial infections. The bite of a cat appears small but it can be deep. As many as 80 percent of cat bites become infected. [5] [6]
Cat-scratch disease (CSD) is an infectious disease that most often results from a scratch or bite of a cat. [4] Symptoms typically include a non-painful bump or blister at the site of injury and painful and swollen lymph nodes . [ 2 ]
According to the Adams County SPCA, a stray cat that attacked a woman just outside of Hanover tested positive for rabies.
In animals, rabies is a viral zoonotic neuro-invasive disease which causes inflammation in the brain and is usually fatal. Rabies, caused by the rabies virus, primarily infects mammals. In the laboratory it has been found that birds can be infected, as well as cell cultures from birds, reptiles and insects. [1]
Health officials have issued a rabies alert in Fort Lauderdale.
Bite wounds can cause a number of signs and symptoms Generalized tissue damage due to tearing and scratching; Serious hemorrhage if major blood vessels are pierced; Infection by bacteria or other pathogens, including rabies; Introduction of venom into the wound by venomous animals such as some snakes