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Stray cat touched or licked my food
Hey everyone,
I’m dealing with an intense health anxiety spiral right now and need a rational reality check.
Today, a stray cat came near my food. It sniffed/might have touched or licked the top paratha. I discarded that top paratha along with the one right below it, and ate the remaining 1.5 parathas that weren't in direct contact.
There was NO bite, NO scratch, and NO skin puncture whatsoever.
I know that WHO classifies non-bite animal contact as Category I (Zero Exposure Risk) and that ingestion/saliva swallowed does not transmit Rabies due to stomach acid and lack of nerve entry points. But my anxiety keeps coming up with "what if" scenarios (what if saliva touched the lower food, what if the cat was rabid, etc.).
Looking for some grounded thoughts from people who understand health anxiety or medical transmission facts to help me break this loop.
Thanks
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My dog health condition
Primary Symptoms: Severe weight loss, extreme weakness, and loss of appetite over the last 3–4 weeks. He has become very skinny (ribs and spine clearly visible).
Refusing solid food (eats barely chapati a day) some times rejects for whole day and currently only drinking milk,
He had a heavy tick 3 to 4 weeks ago that I manually removed after that he rejected food,
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REGARDING SKIN INFECTION AND ITCHING
I takw care of my stray friend mooney age 4months+ she frequently scratches her body and she also have some of these marks on her body which looks little different to me she eats perfectly but her behaviour is quite different nowadays very aloneish and feared i am attaching the pic of her body pls have a look and suggest me some good syrup/tablet her all vaccinations has been completed and she has been dewormed regularly till now
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Rabies fear
A year ago i got claw scratched by a stray cat that i didnt overthinked at that time but recently after reading alot of rabies news feeling alot scared and anxious to the point cant focus on work
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REGARDING BOOSTER OF ARV
I had given all the vaccine to my stray friend she has taken her 1st shot of arv on 21 july now i am going to other city for some day i will come on 21or 22 so shall i give her second arv vaccine booster on 16th aug on 25th day or do i can delay this till 22 aug 32th day pls tell me is there any problem if i give early or delay
Mooney indie
Dob-02/04/2026
Weight almost 9-10kgs
Received her megavac-7(3doses)
Megavac-cc(1dose)
Arv(1dose) and also dewormed regularly
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Paw infection hair less and swollen
My dog labrador female 3 years old has swollen paw and hair less area , is this serious? Can tell me how to treat it and what is the disease and what is the cause of it?
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Paw infection swollen and hair less
My lab F 3 years old has swollen paw and hair less around the swollen area .. can anybody tell me what disease it is and what is the remedy and what is the cause of it? What steps needs to be taken to heal it?
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Recurring lesions on leg and arm of pet
My 6 year old male labrador pet frequently gets these lesions on his left front paw and hind leg which don't go away with medicines, oitments etc. He keeps licking it. We have been treating for a year. All his vitals are fine.
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Distemper in stray dogs
11 unvaccinated stray dogs have been exposed to distemper for more than a week
Currently no signs or symptoms.
Can we administer multiple or standalone distemper vaccination to them at this stage
They are eating well and responding.
The other dog, yesterday who was eating and was active started having chewing gum fits randomly.
So I'm unsure how to help the other dogs that have not shown any symptoms yet.
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Kitten bite
I have taken rabbies in february tha again booster now a stray ill kitten bite me n died again i have tp take rabbies vaccine bite was not so deep i m having swelling in my finger as its teeth got hurt in my finger
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