Sometimes a seemingly friendly dog or cat can bite or scratch. If you or your child gets a bite, follow these steps to treat the wound: Hold a towel or gauze to the area to stop the bleeding. Clean the wound with soap and water. Cover it with a clean bandage or gauze pad. When s...
Stray cats will leaving droppings and urine in the areas they live, and will of course scratch and dig. Stray cats are a source of fatal and non-fatal diseases transmittable to humans and domestic cats, including rabies, ringworm, toxoplasmosis, cat scratch fever, allergies, feline leukemia, ...
Ask a country vet: how often should I bathe my dog? Why do parrots pluck out their feathers? And can I catch cat scratch fever from my kitty? Dr. Rob Sharp of Hillsboro, Ohio, has answers.(out and about)(Interview)Sharp, Rob
In some rare cases, fleas carry diseases that can be transmitted through bites, including flea-borne spotted fever, plague, typhus and cat scratch fever. Getting Rid of Fleas Getting rid of fleas can sometimes be tough, but there are a lot of different ways to control them in your home ...
Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) Fleas can carry the bacteria Bartonella henselae. They pick up B. henselae when feeding on infected cats and then transmit the bacteria to healthy ones. In cats, the bacteria causes occasional fever and abortion (in pregnant queens). Despite the name, cat scratch...
In addition, there are well over 40 diseases that have "fever" as part of the disease name (for example, rheumatic fever, scarlet fever, cat scratch fever, Lassa fever, and many more). Each disease has fever as one of its symptoms; countless other conditions may have fever as a symptom...
As much as your little one may try, you need to stop them scratching as much as possible. Scratching their eczema can damage the skin and make it worse. Try popping cotton anti-scratch mittens on their hands for bedtime, to prevent your baby from scratching their face. ...
treated immediately. If a cat bites you, see a doctor as soon as possible. Up to 75% of cat bites introduce harmful bacteria into the body, includingStaphylococcus,Streptococcus,andPasteurellaspecies.Cat scratch fever, which comes fromBartonella henselaebacteria, may also be transmitted via cat ...
If the injury is not an emergency, but is worse than a simple scrape or scratch, you may not be sure what to do. Here's how to know if you need stitches. Some stitches are made of material that dissolves on its own. With this type, you don't have to go back to your doctor ...
You are the reason I have cat-like reflexes when it comes to dealing with cold sores! I will never forget the look of horror on my mother’s face when she walked into the bathroom to find me about to douse that bastard in nail polish remover! I’m now the go-to person for my fam...