At first, the little boy was scratched by a cat, and the family didn't care much. It was only in the last half month that the child's repeated fever attracted attention and went to the hospital for treatment. Fortunately, under the treatment of the attending doctor, the child's body temperature was controlled and his physical condition slowly began to return to normal.
In fact, the incident like the little boy mentioned above is not a case. I remember reading a report that an 8-year-old girl in Shenzhen was bitten while playing with her cat. But at that time, only the left forearm was scratched by a cat with blood, so the family did not take her to the hospital.
But later, about a month later, the little girl had lumps on her left forearm and armpit, and was finally diagnosed with cat scratch disease. It can be seen that cat scratch disease has an incubation period, which can even reach one month.
So what is cat scratch disease? Cat scratch disease, also known as benign lymphoreticular cell hyperplasia in medicine, refers to an infectious disease caused by touching, scratching or biting pets such as cats and dogs.
Cat scratch disease is self-limited (self-limited disease is a disease that can be relieved by itself). Its main characteristics are local lymph node enlargement and skin lesions, accompanied by symptoms such as fever, anorexia and muscle pain.
Animals with germs, such as cats and dogs, spread diseases directly through scratching, biting and close contact. Therefore, friends are also advised to pay attention to the mode of getting along with small animals in their daily lives, and at the same time do a good job in cleaning pets. ?
Whether it is necessary to get vaccinated when being scratched by small animals such as cats has always been a concern of many people. Generally speaking, as long as they are scratched or bitten by small animals, they need to be vaccinated and injected with rabies vaccine (here, rabies vaccine is not just rabies, but similar animals can).
The price of rabies vaccine is between 270-300 yuan, and a course of treatment requires 5 shots, which means that it costs more than RMB 1000 to be bitten by animals such as dogs or cats. Of course, the vaccine needle I mentioned is imported, and the non-imported rabies vaccine needle is about seventy or eighty yuan, but many people will choose to import it.
I believe that some rural friends had the experience of being bitten by dogs when they were children. Some people go to the hospital because their parents are cautious, but others just let it go. Although most people who let go are fine, some people finally paid a painful price because of their negligence in the early stage.
Therefore, no matter what happened before, since we know the great harm, it is better to see a doctor in the future if we encounter similar situations.