Acquiring a pet is a popular feature in many households and in Sweden alone there are currently 1,443,000 cats spread over 34 percent of the entire population. In other words, the cat is undoubtedly one of the more popular pets to add to the family.
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You must do this if the cat tears or bites
Have you ever been torn apart by your cat? Or maybe you’ve even been bitten? You who have been exposed to any of these should clean the wound carefully, and in the worst case you may need to seek medical care.
According to the veterinarian and professor of food hygiene, Marie-Louise Danielsson-Thamthere are several reasons to be careful with cuts or bites from the cat.
– If you are torn or bitten, it is not enough to use soap and water, which you normally have on an ordinary wound, but then you take sterile compresses and a wound cleanser that has disinfectant properties, she says in News morning.
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Marie-Louise Danielsson-Tham is a veterinarian and professor of food hygiene. Photo: Screenshot TV4/Nyhetsmorgon The cat’s lacerations and bite wounds can be dangerous
As a cat owner, you should be careful when playing with or taking care of the cat, because there is a risk that you will become infected with dangerous bacteria.
Danielsson-Tham explains that if a cat bites, there is also the risk of the entire canines, which are very sharp on cats, going into the soft parts of the body. Then you have a deep bite wound that is usually impossible to clean thoroughly on your own. If you’re unlucky, the edge of the wound closes in the opening and traps the bacteria.
Instead, you should seek treatment from a doctor, as cats carry the bacteria “pasteurella multocida” in their oral flora. The bacterium can very quickly cause blood poisoning if it is not treated in time.
– You have to be very careful about the smallest symptoms of infection. Then you have to contact the health center and say that it is a cat bite so that you get the right kind of antibiotic.
When should you seek care?
– You should seek care if it starts to swell around the edges of the wound, if it becomes red, tender and warm. Then it’s the beginning of an infection and then it can be in a hurry, she says.
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