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2024-03-12 14:40:19
A stray cat comes to my house every time. I think I might have swallowed a cat hair by mistake. Can this cause any issues like rabies?
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Cat hair will do no harm.
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you can get a preventive rabies vaccine.. since you mentioned often that cat comes to your house. so to save yourself from rabies from bites or scratches in future.

Answered2024-03-30 11:17:16

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Cat hair cannot transmit rabies
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so no need to worry but just be cautious of scratches and bites

Answered2024-03-13 04:21:02

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Rabies will not spread by hair follicles. No worries. Until you have direct contact with animal saliva within a bleeding wound, nothing will happen.

Answered2024-03-12 14:48:04

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No, rabies is not spread via this mode. There has to be a bite or saliva on an open wound for rabies to spread.

Answered2024-03-14 14:08:25

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