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Esuriat posted...

Huh. Glad you came out of it and didn't need anything amputated.

But absolutely, cat mouths are major reservoirs for bacteria and I've known of people who have lost fingers to infections from cat bites.

Thanks.

Yeah, I've heard those stories before but put me in the category of stupid impervious "I'm healthy and have never had anything happen to me before!". I've owned pets all my life and can't even count the amount of times I've had some slight open wound from an animal that heals on it's own perfectly. This was nothing different from all those experiences at the time, and the initial swelling looked exactly like any other cut or wound I've had before. It was very scary to see how quickly it spread from the wound to take over almost my entire arm.

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