Post by: DishBogget on March 10, 2016, 07:07:45 PM
So I stabbed my finger today while skinning a beaver , is there anything disease wise that I need to keep an eye out for?
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Post by: cat daddy on March 10, 2016, 07:08:50 PM
Post by: Humptulips on March 10, 2016, 07:27:10 PM
Probably nothing to worry about unless the beaver looked sick. If you see the doctor about any sickness you should tell them you handle wildlife.
Post by: DishBogget on March 10, 2016, 07:30:18 PM
Here is a link to the symptoms http://www.cdc.gov/tularemia/signssymptoms/index.html
Probably nothing to worry about unless the beaver looked sick. If you see the doctor about any sickness you should tell them you handle wildlife.
Yeah I'm not super concerned just wondering what was out there so I would know what to look for . The way the dang thing bled I'm sure any nastiness got pushed out lol
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Post by: Humptulips on March 10, 2016, 07:52:09 PM
I did get really sick from a bobcat one time, Cat Scratch Fever. Don't laugh, it's a real illness and you don't want it.
Post by: DishBogget on March 10, 2016, 08:09:06 PM
I have stuck, cut and gouged myself so many times and never caught anything off beaver.
I did get really sick from a bobcat one time, Cat Scratch Fever. Don't laugh, it's a real illness and you don't want it.
Do you develop an immunity to cat scratch once you've had it ?
Post by: quadrafire on March 10, 2016, 08:10:18 PM
Post by: Humptulips on March 10, 2016, 08:28:20 PM
I have stuck, cut and gouged myself so many times and never caught anything off beaver.
I did get really sick from a bobcat one time, Cat Scratch Fever. Don't laugh, it's a real illness and you don't want it.
Do you develop an immunity to cat scratch once you've had it ?
Yes, It is viral. Once you've had it you are immune.
Post by: quadrafire on March 10, 2016, 08:50:06 PM
Post by: dreamunelk on March 10, 2016, 09:06:09 PM
Post by: quadrafire on March 10, 2016, 09:08:08 PM
Post by: Humptulips on March 10, 2016, 10:25:21 PM
It took 8 weeks to get over it. 3 hospital visits. It came in three stages about two weeks apart. 1st was swelling in the arm and then pleurisy. Arm was swelled tight for a week.
2nd was severe nausea and high temp. Seems I remember 105.
3rd was severe headaches. Dr gave me some enormous pills for them.
hand was swelled up the whole time.
Post by: bear hunter on March 10, 2016, 10:48:33 PM
Doctor told me viral. Read up it after all these years. Maybe I did not have cat scratch fever. What ever it was I got it off a bobcat and the symptoms were much worse then the literature describes.
It took 8 weeks to get over it. 3 hospital visits. It came in three stages about two weeks apart. 1st was swelling in the arm and then pleurisy. Arm was swelled tight for a week.
2nd was severe nausea and high temp. Seems I remember 105.
3rd was severe headaches. Dr gave me some enormous pills for them.
hand was swelled up the whole time.