I was cat-sitting recently, in exchange for a free place to stay, when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it - ouch! - one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below ...

In one study by the Mayo Clinic, 1 in 3 cat bites to the hand required hospitalization and some required surgery to clean the wound.

“But your threshold for being concerned is much, much lower,” he said, since the wound is not likely to be as deep as the puncture of a cat bite. After my treatment, I wondered why the cat ...

Cat Bite/Scratch Care. Monitor your wound carefully for proper cat scratch care. Immediately contact your medical provider if: There are additional signs of infection around the wound like redness ...

Cat bites are high-risk wounds . Cat bites are unusually dangerous for a number of reasons. “Cat bites are considered high risk, mainly because their teeth are so small and sharp, that they tend ...