Headache After Dog Or Cat Bite
You’ll get sick from a person’s sneeze more often than from a dog bite, but this is still infor you need to know. Any dog or cat bite that breaks the skin needs to be cleaned and cared for promtly. Well, any cut or break of the skin needs to care for promtly, for that matter. Even if things look okay and you suddenly get a headache, you may have an infection. These need to be treated promptly so that they don’t get so bad you drop dead.
About Staph Infections
You know those staph infections on the rise at hopsitals and clinics? You can also get them after a dog or cat or any other animal bite, just as you can get them from a needle or from surgery. They are caused by harmeless bacteria that always live on your skin. The bacteria only becomes harmful when it enters a break in the skin, like a cut, hyperdermic needle or animal bite.
My Mom nearly died of a staph infection at a doctor’s office a couple of years ago, so you are not being paranoid by going to the hospital if you get a sudden headache, fever or dull ache at the bite site.
What Else Can Go Wrong?
There’s also another fun infection that can happen called pasteurellosis, which has symptoms similar to a staph infection. This is caused by the bacteria living in a dog or cat’s saliva — even the healthy ones.
What If You Rearely Get Headaches?
If you rarely get headaches or migraines and suddenly get one within 24 hours after a dog or cat bite, please call your doctor. That could be a potentially deadly infection starting. Don’t wait for the bite site to swell up or ache.
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