Doc told me to take it easy: Prob. Lymphangitis, WhiteBloodCell Check

[Schultz]

Sorry Boyd, Stranglehold is my fav and you left yourself wide open. Just funnin' with ya though

 

[maplesky7]

cat scratch fever...i'm pretty sure you'd see red streaks going up your arm or where ever the scratch occurred. It's basically blood poisoning and if you had red streaks you'd have to go to the er immediately or you'd die.

i had it in highschool from a cat bite on my hand...next morning woke up to red streaks up my arm...nurse called my mom...had to go to dr. and get a shot or something like that...i blocked that part out i guess. ha ha. I remember it green oozing later out of the wound. yucky.

 

[maplesky7]

http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/diseases/catscratch.htm

 

[Boyd]

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Rats, I did!!!!!!!! Cass, how you feeling today? I hope you didn't stay up all night playing with your new quail

 

[willowcol]

Not sure about the red streaks, my son never got any, just a little redness around the scratch. Good luck!

 

[MichiganWoods]

My father-in-law beat you to that one, Boyd, so he'd get the egging if I felt so inclined (which I don't -- My FIL is a funny guy).

He looks like he belongs in ZZ Top, plays guitar and thinks Ted is awesome. When I told him what it could be last night he was all over the Ted reference.

He actually played guitar with Ted on national radio before. I'll have to ask him what show that was again.

Schultz,

you guys are too funny.

Yikes, Gretchen! Well I don't have the red streaks, but my body tends to deal with problems differently than most. I always seem to be surprising the docs. Hopefully I'll hear back on the test results soon.

willowcol, I'm leaving that open as an option for sure. So far it's the only thing I have actual evidence of. Thanks!

 

[maplesky7]

I found what I had...i had septicemia which was caused by a wound infection from a cat bite.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/s/septicemia/intro.htm


http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/w/wound_infection/symptoms.htm#symptom_list


The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Wound Infection includes the 14 symptoms listed below:
Pus draining from wound
Increased size of wound scab
Yellow crust on wound
Pimple formation on wound
Increased redness around wound
Red streak from wound towards heart
Increased wound tenderness
Increased wound pain
Increased wound swelling
Blistered wound
Black dead tissue around wound
Enlarged lymph node
Fever
Wound takes longer than ten days to heal
more information...»

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/cat_scratch_disease/symptoms.htm

 

[maplesky7]

And I do hope you hear back from your dr. soon and start feeling better.

hugs,
gretchen