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Stray Cat hair
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.
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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
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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.
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Dr. Sonali Choudhary
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7 yrs exp
Jammu
No, rabies is not spread via this mode. There has to be a bite or saliva on an open wound for rabies to spread.
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