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Q: Possible Rabies Exposure
asked by: spicegirl03 on July 23rd, 2007
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Ok, well I feel silly typing this, but I really just need some advice.

I live in a neighborhood where there are alot of stray cats and for a while my family started to feed a few of the cats and we noticed after a few weeks they would alway go to this one house and someone would let them in. So, obviously they belonged to these people and we stopped feeding them. They would still come over once and awhile just to visit.

Well, a year or so has gone by and one of the cats I particularly like showed up thids Saturday evening. Although I'm slightly unsure if it was the same cat, because it looked smaller. I was sitting on the back step of our porch and it was meowing and rubbing up against, acting completely normal.

I'm not writting b/c the cat bite or scratched me, but I was wearing a tank top and long pants, but the lower part of my back has horrible acne and I had recently (around 10 mins) tried to pop and break them, thus breaking the skin and the cat was rubbin all up against my back and such and I'm not sure if it liked me, I'm second guessing myself on this one, but worse case scenario lets just say if it did. My question is I know you can get rabies from not having a bite or scratch but if the saliva gets into broken skin.

I know rabies isn't something you mess around with and it seems kind of difficult to head to a doctors and say "well I think I might have contracted rabies from a neighborhood cat..." and explain something like this when they probably look at e cross eyed. I also want to be cautious. What should I do?
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young Girl
replied on July 23rd, 2007
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yes if the saliva got into broken skin they can give you rabies
however if a cat has rabies they would have foam comming from their mouth
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spicegirl03
replied on July 23rd, 2007
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is it necessary to go see a health care provider then? b/c they may not think it would be necessary for me to recieve the vaccination if I can't really remember if the cat licked me, but only rubbed up against me.
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Stelcon
replied on August 7th, 2008
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Saliva into broken skin is considered a potential exposure. Not all animals will foam at the mouth when rabid. Sometimes an animal can have rabies and act normal. I would talk to your doctor to be sure. If it's someone's pet and has been vaccinated long enough before your exposure you are ok.
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