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When my cat bit me, I took myself to a clinic and got penicillin immediately because I knew how bacteria ridden cat bites could be. I ended up in the hospital for that too, but it took days before I finally went (I could see the infection spreading up my arm) and I argued with the ER doc about admitting me.
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Yeah, my husband got bitten by a feral cat.
He had to have rabies shots (they billed us $6,000 for the series), and they also basically cut chunks out of his flesh around each one of the puncture wounds the cat's teeth made (there were four).
They said even with that- cutting all that flesh away-
and antibiotics, he'd still probably get an infection. He didn't, though. He was conscientious about soaking it and stuff, and it healed eventually, although there are scars because they cut him so much.
He wasn't planning to go to the doctor about it, but I insisted, because of the possibility of rabies, and the fact that it's untreatable and terminal by the time symptoms manifest.
I didn't know about the potential for serious infection, until the doctor at the ER started cutting away at him.
He was given the first rabies shot that night, and was able to return to the ER for each consecutive shot.
We told the doctor we wouldn't be able to pay anything, and he said it made no difference to him.