How to be bitten by the family cat bleeding

Bleeding from a cat bite at home, depending on the severity of the patient’s wound injury, different treatment methods can be taken: a. If the patient is bitten with a small amount of bleeding, there is no obvious swelling, pain. At this time, it is necessary to give vital iodine cotton ball disinfection 2-3 times as soon as possible, sterile cotton ball local compression to stop bleeding, and can use Yunnan Baiyao powder external rubbing to promote the faster stop of local bleeding. If the bleeding stops on its own after 3-5 minutes, the patient can be given a sterile gauze dressing and the dressing can be changed daily until the incision is completely healed. If the cat in the home has been vaccinated, the patient may not need rabies vaccination in this case. If the bite of the cat is serious, with obvious swelling, pain, and active bleeding, it cannot be controlled by external rubbing of Yunnan Baiyao or local pressure. It is recommended that the patient go to the hospital as soon as possible to perform local debridement, disinfection, suturing to stop bleeding, and at the same time to perform rabies virus vaccination to prevent rabies virus infection.