Hey guys, I need some advice/prayers

Ouch'o!! Keep it cleaned so it dont become infected.......

Originally Posted by crittermom

My main concern is Cat Scratch Fever. I've heard it's pretty rough and the main antibiotic they use is Penicillin to help clear it up.I'm HIGHLY allergic to Penicillin.

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I am allergic, too.

I dont know what it takes to get cat scratch fever, but when mine were kittens they use to come from the floor to the couch via my legs and I literally had scratches all over me. My Mother used to freak out all the time when she saw me saying I was going to get Cat scratch Fever. I dont know if I was lucky or its hard to get

Here's one site that I found on it.Gotta read it now.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/diseases/catscratch.htm
http://familydoctor.org/024.xml

Tammy, I hope it doesn't come down to u getting sick from it. Sending get better vibes to you.

Annie got me pretty bad the other day. It looked like that for a couple days. Now its fine not red anymore. But if you are worried about it I would go to the doctors. Ive gotten so many cat scratches over the years that I just keep them really clean and so far it just hurts bad and stops being red after a few days. Anyways sending you some healing vibes and lots of prayers!

A while back one of my cats had a seizure and afterwards I was cleaning his face off and he went crazy and bit and scratched me really bad. The bite was very painful and on my knuckle so I went to the doctor. Besides giving me an antibiotic he told me to soak the bite and scratches in epson salt and he gave me an iodine sponge to scrub them with and an antibiotic cream. It really helped me a lot and healed very fast.

I've had scratches become infected with the red marks traveling off them. I can say yours looks inflamed but nowhere near what it would look like if it was infected. I would just scrub mine with antibacterial soap 2 times a day and that was it. (The one that got infected was on my foot. It cleared up when I opened it and scrubed it out)

Good luck and I hope your arm feels better soon.

I just scrubbed it until it opened again.I cleaned it with Antibacterial soap....Dial...and then put some Bag Balm on it with some gauze over it.
It hurt to scrub it, but hoepfully it will heal now.
Thanks for all the good vibes!!!

Well, it hurts worse this morning.So, if it doesn't do better within the next day or so, I'll go to the Dr for it.

Murphy has gotten me pretty bad a few times-- I found that antiseptic swabs work pretty well. I clean the area with peroxide, then apply the antiseptic. Avon makes a travel case of the swabs. They were about 5 bucks, and theres about 20 of them in the box. They are really handy too. They look just like
Q-tips-you snap one end of them off to get the antiseptic moving, then apply it with the other end. My scratches can look all red and inflamed like yours, and as soon as I apply that stuff the redness and swelling immediatly goes away It speeds up the healing process too

Thanks for the info. I will look for those.Maybe Wal-Mart or Rite Aid will sell them.