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Wound after cat scratch
Before 2 hours a cat scratched me with his nails on my right hand. After that blood came from the wound. I washed with soap and also with dettol after 5 mins of the incident.
1) Do I need to go to Hospital??
2) Is there any test to find the antibody level of TETanus (TT)?
3) what are the steps do I need to take now??
Pls advise
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Dr. C Sreehari Surendran
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6 yrs exp
Thrissur
U also need to take rabies vaccination immediately
Also previously not done... Then need immunoglobulin also... Since its a category 3 wound
Don't waste time
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