The difference between ordinary scratches and cat scratches
The serious consequences caused by ordinary scratches and cat scratches are different. For cat scratches, patients should pay attention to them and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to avoid serious consequences. Ordinary scratches require cleaning, hemostasis and bandaging. Anti-inflammatory drugs can be taken orally when appropriate. Cat scratches may cause rabies virus infection, although the proportion is relatively small. After scratching, you can also wash the wound with soap and water, and then go to the hospital for a rabies vaccine injection. Serious wounds may need to be injected with a passive immune agent at the same time. If there is a lot of bleeding during scratching, use gauze or towel to press the wound to stop the bleeding.
The treatment method for cat scratches is:
1. If you are scratched by a cat, you must first clean the wound. Soapy water can inactivate environmental viruses and at the same time clean the wound. Squeezing out the blood will help the virus vaccine mitigate the virus and expel the virus from the body.
2. Vaccination and passive immunity are required. Rabies vaccine or passive rabies immunizer can improve the body's resistance to rabies virus and reduce the risk of infection.
3. The doctor will choose to inject rabies vaccine alone or inject rabies vaccine and rabies passive immune preparation at the same time based on the patient's injury. Finally stop the bleeding. If the bleeding is excessive or cannot be stopped, use gauze to apply pressure to stop the bleeding.
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