Cat Bites

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It took about ten days to get over it. It kept spreading to other areas local to the origin, but my God-given immunity finally got the better of it. I imagine this sort of thing might kill you in short order if your body isn't able to deal with it.

Respectfully, you didn't have "immunity, " implying you will never get sick from an infected cat bite. It was your IMMUNE SYSTEM fighting off the infection, with no help from you. Next time some other affliction could weaken you, and your cat scratch could be a lot worse.

Just be careful, had a poker buddy who all of a sudden started having heart problems. He got to the point where his doctors said he would need heart surgery and possibly a transplant. At his age this was troublesome. He went and got a 2nd opinion and this doctor suggested perhaps his heart had an infection. My friend got a prescription for a specific antibiotic, and a month later his vitals were improved. The doctor suggested he may have had a previous untreated infection and it found a weak spot in his heart and began to grow and cause problems. He was weeks from having needless heart surgery