A member asked:

Bit by cat on hand,went 2 urgentcare next day.on antibiotics&got tetanus shot.hand swollen&very painful,hard 2 open hand or make fist.how long 2 heal?

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Dr. Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay answered

Specializes in Hospital-based practice

Weeks.: Unfortunatley, infected cat bites can take weeks to heal, even with proper antibiotics. Which antibiotics were you given? Hopefully not penicillin or 1 from the macrolide ("-mycin") class, as a common organism in cat bites is the bacteria called Pasteurella Multocida which requires Amoxicillin or Augmentin or a Quinolone (-"floxacin") for treatment. Ice reduces the swelling. Good luck, continue o

Answered 12/19/2018

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