Do you need an injection if you are bitten by a cat? There is a cute kitten at home. It is usually very well-behaved and will not bite casually. However, the cat may bite after being stimulated. We know that if it is bitten by a dog, You must go to the hospital to get the rabies vaccine, so do you need to go to the hospital after being bitten by a cat? The editor will introduce to you what we should do after being bitten by a cat, how to treat the wound, and whether a rabies vaccine is necessary or not.

 Don't be anxious if you are bitten by a cat. The first step is to treat the wound, and the second step is to go to the hospital for injections as a precaution.

Once bitten or scratched by a cat, the wound should be disinfected immediately with 2% iodine and antibiotics should be taken as appropriate. If the situation is unstable, you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible. If it develops into cat-scratch disease, the course of the disease will be prolonged and must be carefully treated under the guidance of a doctor. Children who raise cats are also susceptible to toxoplasmosis. This is because cat feces contain a type of oocyst called Toxoplasma gondii. When people eat water and food contaminated by this oocyst, they will develop fever, Weakness of limbs, muscle aches, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and other symptoms

 Now is the peak season for rabies. Doctors remind that people bitten by cats may also be infected with rabies, so citizens must not be careless.

Dogs, cats, and rats belong to an up-and-down chain of infection. If a rabid dog bites a cat, and the bitten cat bites a rat, then the rabies virus will be transmitted between the three animals. Once infected with rabies, Cats or mice attacking humans, even with just a slight scratch, can also cause rabies infection.

 Therefore, doctors remind that if someone is bitten or scratched by a cat, they should take three emergency steps immediately:

 Step one: rinse the wound. Immediately rinse the wound with running water to wash away the virus and squeeze out the blood as much as possible. If possible, it is best to rinse with 20% soapy water for 20 to 30 minutes. Then disinfect with iodine, then wash off the iodine with alcohol, repeat this 3 times.

 Step 2: Go to the local epidemic prevention department to get vaccinated immediately. Do not delay for a few days. The incubation period of rabies can be as short as about 10 days before onset of symptoms, or as long as it may take several years.

 Step 3: If the wound is severely bitten, be sure to inject antiviral serum and use it at the same time as the vaccine. Antiviral serum must be tested first under the guidance of a doctor.