Steps to deal with bites from cats and dogs

1. Wash the wound immediately
Rinse the wound immediately with running water to wash away the virus as much as possible and squeeze out the blood. If possible, it is best to rinse with 20% soapy water for 20-30 minutes.
2. Press out the saliva from the wound
Rinse the wound thoroughly. Wounds bitten by dogs are often small on the outside and deep on the inside. When rinsing, expand the wound as much as possible and squeeze the surrounding soft tissue hard. , try to wash away the dog's saliva and blood on the wound.
3. Disinfect the wound with iodine.
Then alternately disinfect the wound with iodine and 70% alcohol three times.

4. Inject anti-epidemic vaccines
It is recommended that when bitten, the vaccine should be administered immediately and must not be delayed for a few days. The incubation period of rabies is as fast as 10 days before onset of symptoms, and as slow as several years.
5. Serious injection of serum
If the bite is serious, you must inject anti-viral serum and use it at the same time as the vaccine. However, antiviral serum may cause allergies, so you must first try the injection under the guidance of a doctor.

Factors of cat and dog bites

1. Rabies virus infection

It depends on the amount of rabies virus that enters the human body. If a mad dog or sick cat bites a person in the early stages of the disease, their saliva will contain less rabies virus than in the later stages of the disease.

2. Caused by serious bites

Bite severity also affects bite incidence. Large, deep bites are more likely to occur than small superficial injuries. Multi-site bites are more likely to occur than single-site bites and have a shorter incubation period.

3. The wound was not treated

Proper and timely treatment of the wound after being bitten is the first line of defense against rabies. If the wound is treated correctly and in a timely manner, and anti-rabies post-exposure treatment is provided, the risk of the disease can be greatly reduced.

4. Mucosal infection

It is more difficult to develop rabies through mucosal infection than through bite skin infection, and more cases are depressive rabies. But it also depends on whether the individual's resistance is sufficient. When the resistance is low, it is easier to get sick.

5. Bite the nerve site

Bites to the head, face, and neck located close to the central nervous system or rich in peripheral nerves are associated with greater morbidity and mortality than bites to the extremities.

How to deal with bleeding caused by cat or dog scratches

1. Don’t rush to stop the bleeding

When bleeding occurs after being scratched by a cat, as long as the bleeding is not severe, do not rush to stop the bleeding and let the blood drain properly.

2. Lightly rub alcohol on the wound

Because pathogenic bacteria that enter the wound can be expelled through bleeding. If the wound is small and superficial, you can wipe it with 75% alcohol or 2% iodine tincture. After the bleeding stops naturally,Disinfect 2-3 times.

3. Cut the wound deeply for half a time

If the wound is deep and large, you can use sterile saline to rinse the wound thoroughly and repeatedly. In order to prevent rabies, the wound should be washed for at least half an hour, and then applied with 75% alcohol or 2% iodine tincture. Wounds should generally not be bandaged or sutured.

Methods to prevent pet scratches

1. Cut pet nails

In order to prevent family members from being accidentally scratched by pets, you should regularly trim the nails of cats or dogs, or ask a pet doctor to trim your pet's overly long nails.

2. Pets wear nail covers

Take your cat to a pet grooming shop and let the groomer put on pet nail covers for your cat. Pet nail cover is a nail protection product designed for pets.

When you have a pet cat, because the cat is very active, he often grabs things with his hands. When they are scratched by a cat, they become infected through the mucous membranes. Some friends may also be infected with rabies virus. Therefore, we must take good care of the wound, inject popular vaccines in time, disinfect the wound saliva, and only need to be cautious after treatment. If there is severe bleeding, you should send it to a doctor.