What if the cat catches you? Do I need an injection?

If it is a superficial wound caught by a cat, you don't need to consider vaccination. Wash the wound with water and soap, apply iodine instead of gauze. It is best to bask in the sun when the wound is open. If it is a deep wound caught by a cat, stay away from the head and neck, clean the wound in the same way, and then observe for ten days to see if the cat died of rabies within 10 days. Cats caught me. Should I get a vaccine? Before answering this question, I want to tell you about the current situation of rabies in China.

In 2004, the incidence of rabies in China was 265 1 case, and it dropped to 80 1 case in 20 15 years.

Worldwide, the rabies infection rate in China is still the second in the world. However, China's vaccine consumption exceeds 80% of the global total.

Why is rabies vaccine used in such a large amount, but it is still the country with the second incidence?

Simply put, it is much more useful to vaccinate dogs, cats and other animals that can be used as sources of infection than to vaccinate people. But we vaccinate people more frequently after they are bitten. But most of our pet dogs, cats, stray dogs and cats are not vaccinated, which is the problem. In the United States, almost all domestic dogs and cats are vaccinated against rabies, and there are fewer stray dogs.

If you are caught by a cat, you should choose vaccination according to the situation. Then, there is the fact that the risk of rabies infection in cats is extremely small. At least a million people are caught by cats every year without injections. According to decades of statistics, the cases of cat scratch infection are single digits.

This statistic includes night cats in rural forests, cats with mental disorders, and cats that actively attack people for no reason. Of course, it can't be completely ignored because the probability is extremely small, because the specific injury situation is different from whether the cat is vaccinated or not.

1, only a shallow wound, and the cat has been vaccinated, and the wound does not bleed or bleeds very little.

Don't worry about the vaccine. Wash the wound with water and soap, coat it with iodine, and don't wrap it with gauze. It is best to bask in the sun when the wound is open.

2. Scratched by stray cats or unvaccinated cats, and the wound is deep and far from the head and neck.

First, treat the wound according to the cleaning method mentioned in 1.

Then we need to recommend a rabies prevention and treatment method recommended by the World Health Organization-ten-day observation method.

Observe if the cat is not abnormal or dies of rabies within 10 days (usually 3-5 days, the first 5 days are the most critical).

If there is no such situation, it can be judged that there is no rabies on the owner, and you will be safe. If this happens, you can go to the doctor for vaccination immediately.

Why don't you need to get vaccinated right away? First of all, we want to say that the onset period (head and neck) is 23 days at the earliest, while healthy and normal people produce antibodies within 14 days. However, it only takes 3-5 days, and the animals involved will have obvious symptoms (such as loss of appetite, fear of light and sound, etc.). ). If you are your own master, it will take you almost 1-3 days to shovel.

That is to say, from the observation after being scratched by a cat, it takes at most 19 days from abnormal injection to the production of Antitis, which is 4 days earlier than the fastest onset case, so it is stable.

Generally speaking, after a person is scratched by his own cat or a stray cat fixed in the community, as long as the cat is mentally normal at the time of the accident, and the exposed part is far from the head and neck, which meets the conditions of 10 day observation, he does not need an injection to directly start observation, and there is no need to be afraid during the observation period.

In addition, if your cat hasn't been out in contact (crazy animals) for half a year, or your cat is under 1 month, you can directly rule out the possibility of carrying poison, and there is no risk of infection when caught by these cats.

In cities, kittens who leave their homes 65,438+0 months ago are at no risk of infection, or cats have been vaccinated with rabies vaccine twice or more. Ten-day observation is a formality, because the actual risk is almost zero, only theoretical risk.

Finally, after reading so much, I am still an anxious shovel officer. ...

Remember to vaccinate your master against rabies when you take him home for the first time.

If you're not vaccinated, you're scared anyway, so get vaccinated. Come up with a peace of mind.