He bit me, and now I have a rash?

opilot

TCS Member
Super Cat
Joined
Oct 17, 2005
Messages
832
Purraise
4
Location
I live in the No. Va area near DC.
If you are allergic to salvia - it must BREAK the skin or get into
the eyes to give the reaction. Thus licking will NOT cause problems.

It is possible you simply
have very very strong "histamine" reactions.

Do a test - take a finger nail and score / scratch yourself.

do you get a slightly puffy raised red line? If so, you have good histamine
reaction going.

Thus even a scrape from milk tooth will give you a rash type
reaction and you may not even BE allergic to the saliva.

However, if you get a patch allergy test for cat done - I bet you a 100 dollars you will come back "positive" for allergic reaction, and the patch test area will swell up like the dickens...


anyway, I would not worry about it if its going away. Just keep in mind if you get a good puncture wound to immediately clean the wound, let it bleed a bit, put the anti bios on and within a day see the doctors... because punctures DO go septic / get infected.
 
Top