Animal bites

Animal bites: First aid
Domestic pets cause most animal bites. Dogs are more likely to bite than cats. Cat bites, however, are more likely to cause infection. Bites from nonimmunized domestic animals and wild animals carry the risk of rabies.
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Animal Bites to the Hand
What are Animal Bites to the Hand?
Animal bites to the hand most frequently occur on the fingers of the dominant hand of children between the ages of 5 and 14.
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Animal Bites and Infection, HealthNews, onHealth from the publishers of The New England Journal of Medicine, February 24, 1999.
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Many animal bites, even if rabies vaccination or stitches are not required, should be treated with antibiotics. Animal bites to the hand or fingers especially warrant antibiotics. If you have any doubt about the need for treatment, seek medical care.
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Animal bites
All animal bites require treatment based on the type and severity of the wound. The most common type of animal bite is a dog bite. More than a million Americans are attacked by dogs each year - about half of them are children.
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In all cases of animal bites, call your health care provider. Your provider may suggest that you: ...
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Additionally, human and animal bites are usually not sutured since these are considered "dirty" wounds. Of course there are exceptions to this rule and the others I’ve mentioned.
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The majority of animal bites come from domestic pets. Dogs are more likely to bite than cats, but cat bites are more likely to cause infection. Dog bites usually have a ragged, torn appearance, while cat bites often produce deep puncture wounds.
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Injuries include animal bites, human bites, marine stings or scrapes, cuts, and puncture wounds that have an increased risk of infection.
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Human bites may be more dangerous than most animal bites. There are anaerobic microbes in some human mouths that can cause hard-to-treat infection.
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Seek medical attention - Medical attention is needed for all deep puncture wounds and animal bites and for all deep wounds involving a joint, hand or foot.
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Persons at greatest risk for B virus infection include veterinarians, laboratory workers, and others who have close contact with Old World macaques or monkey cell cultures. Infection is typically caused by animal bites, scratches, ...
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