cat scratch disease

I took the slow little bird from my cat’s mouth under the feeder just to set it free: twenty-four hours later, the fever had nothing to do with a scratch

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I took the slow little bird from my cat's mouth under the feeder just to set it free: twenty-four hours later, the fever h...

You pulled a stunned bird from your cat’s jaws and woke up feverish the next morning. But that rapid fever doesn’t match classic cat scratch disease—and the real explanation might surprise you. Learn which bacteria actually work in hours, not days, and what your timeline tells your doctor.