Mortality rate from cat scratches

Dec 17,2023
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After being scratched by a cat, some diseases that may cause death are mainly rabies. The currently known mortality rate of rabies is 100%. The possibility of getting rabies from a cat scratch is relatively small, significantly less than that from a cat bite. And now many cats are required to be vaccinated, so the chance of infection from cat scratches is very small, but scratches also need to be treated in time.

The solution after a cat scratch is:

1. If the skin is damaged and bleeds after being scratched by a cat, wound infection may occur, leading to suppuration and rupture. Colds and cat-scratch disease may also lead to rabies infection and the possibility of rabies. Because rabies cannot be treated, prevention can only be given priority. You need to go to the hospital in time to get a rabies vaccine.

2. Therefore, after being scratched and bleeding, you must first rinse with running soapy water for more than 15 minutes, and then go to the hospital for careful disinfection and debridement of the wound.

3. It is best to inject rabies vaccine within 24 hours, and the injection must be in accordance with the treatment course, so as to effectively prevent rabies infection.

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