Cat scratch disease, also known as catch scratch fever, is caused when someone may get a scratch or bite from. The infection is usually caused for reasons of bartonella bacteria from the scratch or the salvia from the cat’s bite. Cat’s are carriers of the disease and do not show illness, only humans will get ill from disease cat’s will just receive it from mostly fleas from other cats. If you pet a cat and rub your eyes with your hand that is another less likely way the disease can spread.
A kitten is more likely to carry the disease over the older cats. There are 2 key ways to find out that you have it and there are other small symptoms that indicate the infection. A sore or blister may start where the cat had bitten or scratched you, it will take 3 to 10 days from the day of the incident and it will take a long time for the blister to properly heal. An infection of the lymph nodes will show up near the infected spot of where the cat had gotten you. The lymph nodes will grow bigger in size and swell up to more than an inch larger. People with a normal immune system, this would not be anything serious to them. This would cause fever, vomiting, chills nausea, and tiredness of your body.
Cat scratch disease cures easily then expected it will simply cure by its self without medicine after a couple weeks. In other cases you may remain sick and still have enlarged lymph nodes you would need an antibiotic or ointment for the blisters. If an AIDS patient or someone with a weaker immune system should be treated with antibiotics because of the defective and abnormal system.
Resource Page
http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/cat-scratch-disease/overview.html http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=46695 http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/firstaid/bites/024.html