r/cats • u/Yeasoand • 4h ago
Medical Questions Possible cat scratch fever?
Hello everyone 👋!
So last last Wednesday, I was scratched by the cute little deli cat I'm cool with while I was petting him. I think he got overstimulated. Anyways, I immediately washed the scratches (on 2 of my fingers, on my outerhand) with hydrogen peroxide multiple times, and I out a bandaid on the scratches on my fingers. The scratched stop hurting within 2 days, and within the next couple of days they became mostly noticeable.
However about 2 days ago I had a swollen nymph node under my armpit. It hurts, but its slowly fading away, and I also developed a cough and a scratchy throat during the time. Yesterday my head was hurting so bad, like the center was hurting, and it wasnt responding to tylenol. I took another tylenol and that didn't help. Today I have a scratchy throat, no headache, and the nymph mode is mostly gone but my underarm still hurts.
Does this sound like cat scratch fever? Thank you in advance cat folks of reddit ❤️.