Photo:Woman Goes Blind After Her Cat Licks Her

Janese Walters of Ohio says she went blind after her cat licked her, transmitting a potentially dangerous infection to her.

She just woke up one day and couldn't see with her left eye.

'I looked in the mirror and I thought I had pink eye, or something,' Walters said. 'I went to the doctors and they couldn't figure out for some time what it was.'

For more than a month, doctors were baffled by the condition, but ultimately attributed the woman's sudden blindness to her cat!

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Cat-Scratch, can be transmitted when a cat licks a person's open wound, or scratches or bites a person hard enough to break the skin.

Doctors say the infection can be avoided by thorough hand washing after having contact with cats. But, according to the CDC, the rare infection could cause serious complications affecting the brain, eyes, heart, or other internal organs.

                  

He said 40 percent of cats carry the disease and, according to the CDC, the infection is more likely to occur in people with weakened immune systems and children younger than 5 years old. 

Kittens younger than 1 year are more likely to carry the bacteria and to spread it to people.

Walters said her experience has not stopped her from loving and owning pets, but she wants her experience to be a warning to others.

source:DM

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