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Animal bites - Symptom

Alternative Names

Bites - animals

Symptoms:

Possible symptoms include:

Break or major cuts in the skin with or without bleeding
Bruising
Crushing injuries
Puncture-type wound

Certain diseases can also be spread through bites from various animals. These diseases may cause flu-like symptoms, headache, and fever.

Animal bites

Rabies

Animal bite

Animal bite - first aid - series

Reviewed last on: 1/13/2010
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Freer L. Bites and injuries inflicted by wild and domestic animals. In: Auerbach PS. Wilderness Medicine. 5th ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2007:chap. 51.

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