nutch_noindexSearchTermMenuButtonDonateContactMyChartLoginFindaDoctorSecondOpinionDonateContactReferaPatientEnEspañolOurLocationsMedicalServicesAboutUsResearch&InnovationPatients&VisitorsForHealthProfessionalsSecondOpinionDonateEnEspañolMyChartLoginRecentlyVisitedOurLocationsMedicalServicesAboutUsResearch&InnovationPatients&VisitorsForHealthProfessionalsSearchTermCANCELViewMoreResultsLoading...Thelatestinformationaboutthe2019NovelCoronavirus,includingvaccineclinicsfor12-17year-olds.LainformaciónmásrecientesobreelnuevoCoronavirusde2019,incluidaslasclínicasdevacunaciónparajóvenesde12a17años./nutch_noindex CatScratchDiseaseinChildrenCatscratchdisease isanillnessthatcanoccurafterbeingbittenorscratchedbyacat.Itiscaused when theBartonellahenselaebacteriacarriedbycatsgetsundertheskininahuman.Cats,andespeciallykittens,becomeinfectedwiththecatscratchbacteriafromfleas.But,fleasprobablydonotspreadthebacteriatohumans. Catsthatarecarryingthebacteriadon'tgetsickanddon'tneedtobetreated.Catscratchdiseaseoftengoesawayonitsownin 2to4months.Catscratchdiseaseismostcommoninpeopleyoungerthan20. Humanscan'tspreadcatchscratchdiseasetootherhumans. Note:Catscratchdiseaseshouldnotbeconfusedwithtoxoplasmosis,whichisamoreseriousdisease,especiallyforpregnantwomen.Toxoplasmosiscanbespreadfromcatfecesinlitterboxes.Whatarethesymptomsofcatscratchdisease?Mostchildrenwhogetcatscratchdiseasecanrecallbeingaroundcats,buttheyrarelyrecallbeingscratchedorbitten.Herearesomecommonsignsandsymptomsofthedisease:Ablisterorbumpmaydevelopontheskinofyourchild'sarm,leg,orheadseveraldaysafteracatscratchorbite.Afewweeksafterthescratchorbite,aswollengland,calledaswollenlymphnode,maydevelopinyourchild'selbow,armpit,groin,orneckarea,nearthelocationoftheinjury.Thelymphnodemaybeaboutonetotwoincheswide,andtheskinoveritmayfeelwarmandlookred.Yourchildmayalsohavemildfever,lossofappetite,headache,rash,ortiredness.Inrarecases,moreseveresymptoms,suchaseyeinfection,drainageofpusfromalymphnode,highfever,orinfectionoftheliver,spleen,