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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I always hear cat scratch fever referenced but have been told it actually isn't real
edit: and a quick check as I haven't thought of or heard of it in years, shows that the only thing that can be truly associated with "cat scratch fever" is something very similar to tick fever; fever, aches and swelling, along with occasional (and temporary) swelling of the lymph nodes. I think the F.I.L. was suffering from something else
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Well, - and well is the right word - because everything ended well - when the poor guy (1.90 m 120 kg) - started to worry for his arm, he went to the hospital which is just across the street from where he lives. At first they thought it was tetanus, but then in a couple of days they targeted it. It helped that this hospital is specialized in rare diseases(*). If I remember correctly they got it right from his good oxygen level in the blood. Gave him antibiotics and kept him in the hospital in excess of two weeks.
Of course it is always possible that they were wrong and the cure right. But who cares. Everything started where his cat scratched him.
(*) If you like freaky stories about rare diseases I have a very nice one to tell you, but unless you ask, I prefer to keep it for harsher times. Happy ending, as always with my stories.