Cat Owners Beware

[Vicki]

Now here's a video I watched a few days ago that just stayed with me. I had a friend who passed on a couple of years ago and I think one of her problems was a cat scratch that went bad. She had other issues as well but the cat scratch was towards the end of her life and she couldn't fight it all off. I have a cat and love animals in general but this video was quite interesting to say the least.

Cat Owners Beware !! - OMG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_0g5irVuBNA

[Vicki]

59 views and not a single comment? I've been thinking about this video ever since I watched it. especially when my cat wants to lay on me and cuddle. Eek! I still love him though.

[naturallysweet]

I've heard that most people get cat scratch fever at some point in their life. Usually it's shrugged of as a mild cold and it goes away. But there is always a few people who react very negatively and even the occasional death.

I've been scratched and bitten enough over my life that I'm sure that I'm immune now. But I would be extra careful to have cats around very small children or people with compromised immune systems.

[FireDance]

I watched an interesting piece on toxoplasmosis - not cat scratch fever. I was prepared for gore and got parasites...

[bbkaren]

Cats carry extra special super nasty germs. I was bitten on the finger by my own cat several years ago and spent a week in the hospital on I.V. antibiotics for cellulitis and could have lost the use of my hand. As it is, my finger no longer closes up all the way...yep, you have to be careful.

[Vicki]

Toxoplasmas.. oooowww.. nasty thought. Did you see at the end of that vid how the people with the most accidents had it in their brains? Yowser!

[Be Well]

I have cats and occaisonally get scratched - I always douse it with Prunella extract and then turmeric, doesn't get infected. But I've seen cat scratches cause very bad swelling and infection, treated a kid with one once.

Regarding toxoplasmas - I don't have a cat box, cats just "go" outside (5 acres) so I don't contact it. I've always lived where cats can just go outside. Cat boxes are ewwwww. If I lived in a city (horrors!!!) I wouldn't have a cat.

[FireDance]

Toxoplasmas.. oooowww.. nasty thought. Did you see at the end of that vid how the people with the most accidents had it in their brains? Yowser!

LOL - yes. I have doubts about their study, but then I have doubts about every study now. signed, Jaded.