Grandma sucks the cat and gets sick. Strange and strange things cause big trouble

many people like to keep cats as pets at home, but the excrement shoveling officer should be careful. Don't kiss cats casually! In recent years, it's very popular among young pet lovers to suck cats. It means that people love cats so much that they can't help kissing them. However, in Guangzhou, there is a grandmother who also "sucks cat" and has a strange disease. This is a typical cat scratch disease. What are the early symptoms of cat scratch disease? How to prevent them?

A month ago, the 60 year old mother-in-law suddenly found that she had a strange disease, and sometimes she would have fever and fever. Under her right armpit, there were also a number of quail egg sized masses.

She hurriedly went to the nearby hospital for examination, but was told that the mass in her armpit was probably occult breast cancer. With the last hope, the frightened mother-in-law Chen came to the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University.

After a series of breast examinations, doctors found that everything was a false alarm. The mass in grandma Chen's right armpit is not a tumor or tuberculosis, but a result of cat scratch disease.

After medical treatment and wound care, on the third day after the operation, mother-in-law Chen was discharged from the hospital.

It turns out that what grandma Chen got was "cat scratch disease". What exactly is "cat scratch disease"?

Is it really about cats?

Dr. Li told reporters that the real culprit behind "cat scratch disease" is actually a small Corynebacterium named "Bartonella".

Reporter understands, after infecting Bartonella, the patient's common symptom is peripheral lymph node swelling, accompanied by fever. The mass in the hand or armpit can be as large as an egg. If the symptoms continue to worsen, it may even cause liver dysfunction, visual impairment and other symptoms.

Because the incubation period of the disease is two to six weeks, and a few cases can last for months or even more than one year, many patients will not associate the cause of the disease with cat bite. Here, Dr. Li also reminds you that if you are accidentally bitten and scratched by a pet, you must see a doctor in time.

How to prevent cat scratch?

1. Form the habit of washing hands after contacting with cats.

2. Regularly remove fleas for cats, and fleas will spread the disease among cats.

3. Don't let the cat lick the uncured wound.

4. When playing with the cat, pay attention not to be scratched or bitten by it, and avoid playing with the cat crazily.

5. After being licked, scratched or bitten by the cat, wash the local skin with soap and water immediately.