Cat Bites

[osinsun]

Hi, Last monday i was bitten by my cat and the doctor only gave me tetanus shot and no antibiotics.  From that day onward I have had night sweats, after 4 days i returned to the clinic and the doctor said it was due to infections and he gave me Clarithromycin.  My mouth felt dry everytime I'm taking my meds and I'm on my day 5 now.  I had tuberculosis back in 2006 and finished my treatment.  I have no coughing symptoms so far no fever just dry mouth.  Should I go back to the clinic?

Thanks in advance.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Certain infections like tuberculosis can cause an evening rise of temperature and increased sweating at night. This also causes a loss of appetite; as such this is accompanied by weight loss. So, record your temperatures, on a two hourly basis to detect an evening rise of temperature.  Please check with your doctor to rule out this condition.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[osinsun]

I forgot to mentioned that this morning i cough a little bit of blood after brushing my teeth.  just a tiny minny blood.