Micah Hayes's cat Mr. Sammie had never bitten anyone before until that fateful day and an encounter with a friend's dog.

A disturbing medical case from the UK has revealed how a seemingly ordinary cat bite transformed into a medical emergency ...

I was cat-sitting recently, in exchange for a free place to stay, when the white-and-gray cat lunged at my hand and bit it — ouch! — one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below ...

In an attempt to prevent further injury, Hagarty, of Iowa, did her best to catch Figgy—only for her hand to collide with ... At the time, Hagarty knew cat bites could be harmful, but she never ...

"The doctor took one look at her and he was concerned, because the bite was behind the knee and on a joint, and an infection may have been in that joint," the mother said. According to the Post ...

After a mosquito bite led to a severe infection, a nine-year-old girl from Australia spent days in the hospital A mosquito bite can be the most harmless thing when outdoors, but for one Australian ...

Frequent hand washing and regular vet checks ... See your doctor if you develop an infection at the site of a cat bite or scratch. These are intestinal parasites routinely found in dogs and ...

If a dog bite pierces the skin, bacteria can get into the body, which can cause an infection. This can cause symptoms, such as pain, swelling, and drainage from the wound. Washing the wound ...

trapping the bacteria and making the tissue beneath the skin a “fertile” ground for infection, Gaillard said. In one study by the Mayo Clinic, 1 in 3 cat bites to the hand required ...

Bites that break the skin and bites of the scalp, face, hand, wrist, or foot are more likely to become infected. Cat scratches, even from a kitten, can carry "cat scratch disease," a bacterial ...

Cat scratches and bites can cause cat scratch disease, a bacterial infection carried in cat saliva ... especially under the arms (if scratched on the arm or hand) or in the groin (if scratched on the ...

Kittens use squeals and other high-pitched noises to indicate when play is too rough and their mother will also do the same to let them know if they're getting out of hand ... due to infection. To ...