Some people get rabies from cat scratches.
The rabies virus is present in the cat’s blood, nervous system and saliva. If a cat infected with the rabies virus scratches a person, the rabies virus will invade the body through the scratched area, and then invade the nervous system, resulting in the person being scratched being infected by the rabies virus and contracting rabies.
At present, rabies can only be prevented but not cured, after a cat bite or scratch need to be thoroughly rinsed with water, suspected of rabies virus infection, need to be injected within 24 hours of the rabies vaccine, which can effectively prevent infection, for the prevention of rabies is very important.
There are cat scratches or bites, need to go to the hospital in time to deal with, timely vaccination against rabies, to avoid adverse consequences.