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amother
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 Sun, Aug 04 2024, 12:52 pm
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My 2 yr old got scratched by a cat in the forehead. It broke some skin. We think it’s a house cat so has all shots and etc - should I be concerned
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 12:57 pm
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Even house cats don’t always have all immunizations and aren’t always so clean/safe. I would call your pediatrician and see what they recommend
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 1:05 pm
Yes, be concerned.
I follow an ER pediatrician on Instagram.
Last week her child got scratched by her own cat & child was immediately put on antibiotics
Eta it may have been a bite. But I still would call pediatrician asap
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 2:24 pm
This cat has all its shots
Called the ped they said it’s usually fine to keep an eye maybe I will do a FaceTime call later anyway
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amother
Babyblue
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 6:15 pm
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I'd be worried about bartonella, aka cat scratch fever. There's no shot for that. I'd want my kid on some kind of prophylaxis. You could do herbal prophylaxis.
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 6:19 pm
| amother OP wrote: | This cat has all its shots
Called the ped they said it’s usually fine to keep an eye maybe I will do a FaceTime call later anyway |
How do you know it is up to date on all shots?
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happy chick
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 7:34 pm
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If the skin is broken, it could cause an infection. Irrelevant if shots are up to date.
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 9:00 pm
If skin is broken from a human scratch, drs often give antibiotics or medicated cream.
So for sure for a cat scratch you should be putting on antibiotics.
Shots don't mean anything. There's a lot of bacteria under nails and a cat that's roaming around on the ground... who knows what it's carrying.
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amother
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Sun, Aug 04 2024, 9:04 pm
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The Dr said to watch it and he gave us something to put on it a little stronger then bacatracin- he said it looks pretty superficial
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