Cat bites can make deep puncture wounds that are hard to clean. The nature of these wounds allows bacteria or other organisms to become trapped deeper in the skin. Due to this, and the fact that ...

Puncture wounds from a cat bite have a high risk of infection. Bites on the hand are also at a high risk of infection. Wash the wound thoroughly with soap and water and cover with a sterile bandage.

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 ...

According to Medeiros and Saconato (2004), bite wounds include superficial abrasions (30-43 per cent), lacerations (31-45 per cent) and puncture wounds (13-34 per cent). Most patients who present at A ...

Their teeth are sharp and make relatively deep puncture wounds. When the bite is on the hand (and other research has shown that up to 85 percent of cat bites occur on the hand or wrist), the ...

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 ...

Cats with their narrow teeth create puncture wounds, injecting bacteria deep into the tissue Like many of us, I was blissfully ignorant of how dangerous a cat bite can be.