05-23-2024, 03:01 PM
Cat Bites
Well this is day number three of about my third or fourth cat bite over the past couple decades that resulted in a moderate to serious infection. The bite occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
The bite was on my wrist and I noticed Tuesday afternoon when I was on here that it was becoming a little red and sore.
Early Wednesday it became somewhat painful and the redness had spread some with swelling of the infected area and mild flu-like symptoms. The acetaminophen and ibuprofen combo helped with the pain after about twenty minutes.
The flu-like symptoms last somewhere between 12 to 24 hours and at this point I think I'm a little past the apex of this ordeal. There is still quite a bit of redness around the infected site.
It's now Thursday afternoon and I'm trying to resume a normal day - what's left of it. The puncture wounds are the worst for causing infection. I always go right for the isopropyl alcohol whenever I get a scratch or a bite because of things like this.
I have a big black unneutered male cat and he can be a little aggressive from time to time. I'm not even exactly sure what happened this time. I only recall him being in one of his moods. He was beside me in bed and I moved the wrong way and got nipped. I didn't even really think much of it at first, and then there's the rest of the story.
Well this is day number three of about my third or fourth cat bite over the past couple decades that resulted in a moderate to serious infection. The bite occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
The bite was on my wrist and I noticed Tuesday afternoon when I was on here that it was becoming a little red and sore.
Early Wednesday it became somewhat painful and the redness had spread some with swelling of the infected area and mild flu-like symptoms. The acetaminophen and ibuprofen combo helped with the pain after about twenty minutes.
The flu-like symptoms last somewhere between 12 to 24 hours and at this point I think I'm a little past the apex of this ordeal. There is still quite a bit of redness around the infected site.
It's now Thursday afternoon and I'm trying to resume a normal day - what's left of it. The puncture wounds are the worst for causing infection. I always go right for the isopropyl alcohol whenever I get a scratch or a bite because of things like this.
I have a big black unneutered male cat and he can be a little aggressive from time to time. I'm not even exactly sure what happened this time. I only recall him being in one of his moods. He was beside me in bed and I moved the wrong way and got nipped. I didn't even really think much of it at first, and then there's the rest of the story.
