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Will I have rabies? I am afraid!!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
Hi.
I live in an undeveloped area. I have a cat. It has scratched me. I am afraid about rabis. I know that the cat has to be checked for 10 days. What symptoms should I look for?
I had been scratched 1.5 months ago and 2 weeks ago. recently I had discontinuing head ache, little pain in muscles, temporary high temperatures, chills, and digestion problems. Now, are These the early symptoms of rabbis, or these are the result of extreme cold that is prevailing here? Perhaps its a simple cold?
I know that for cats to spread rabis, they must have rabbis first. How do I know that my cat has rabbis or not?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you live in the UK, you almost certainly don't have rabies.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Friend, I live in Bangladesh.
    I did a lot of internet search. Different sites provide different information.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    We are a UK based site, and therefore the advice and information we can provide is aimed at people in the UK. The only sure way to know if you are ill is to visit a doctor, we aren't qualified to give medical help :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What?!?!!!?
    Someone among you can at least tell what symptoms a rabid cat develops over the first 10 days of exposure.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Isn't rabies transmitted through saliva? So being scratched should be fine, so long as you haven't been bitten.
    The thing you have sounds a bit like cat scratch disease though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Cat scratch disease? What is that? Is it lethal?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I posted a link. Click on where I said cat scratch disease.

    Also calm down a bit. Getting so worked up is only going to make things worse.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I found out that cat scratch disease gives one swollen lymphs or something. As I never had any swollen body part ( I mean swollen more than normal) I hope I don't have it. Some symptoms match though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Find an actual doctor. Asking for a remote diagnosis of your condition over the internet is unlikely to result in anything useful.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What Mist said. We are not doctors.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    :(:(
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    AuroraAurora Posts: 11,722 An Original Mixlorian
    The deadliest wrote: »
    :(:(

    I'm aware going to the doctors is fairly expensive in Bangladesh, but if you afford a computer with internet access, you can get support if you're worried about rabies, but I doubt it's anything to worry about. Good luck though :)
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