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Animal-loving grandmother died from rare infection after her pet DOG licked her hand

An animal-loving grandmother died from a rare infection after she was licked on the hand by her pet dog.
Sheena Kavanagh, 53, went into septic shock when her dog's saliva entered her bloodstream through a small cut and was rushed to Stafford Hospital.
It is believed an affectionate lick from either of her Yorkshire Terriers or her Jack Russell proved fatal because her spleen – the organ which prevents bacterial infection – was removed in 1988, an inquest heard.

The organism Capnocytophaga Canimorsus is typically found in the saliva of cats and dogs.
It has the low ability to cause disease in healthy individuals but has been known to cause severe illness in people with pre-existing conditions.
Its transmission can occur through bites, licks or even close proximity to animals.

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Jackie
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02-08-2014, 05:05 PM
I read this this morning , frightening from what I read the lady had no spleen and that was why she fell susceptible to the infection.
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Nippy
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02-08-2014, 05:17 PM
How very sad.
I wonder if she had developed a tolerance to the penicillin.
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Lynn
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02-08-2014, 05:30 PM
Very sad......
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chlosmum
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03-08-2014, 11:20 AM
The worst infection I ever had was from a cat biting the base of my thumb. Although the wound was thoroughly cleaned within two hours my hand was swollen to twice its size and I had red streaks running up my arm. I was put on antibiotics, but even so for the next three weeks the wound was oozing so much pus that I was changing the dressing every two hours or so and I couldn't use my hand. A very scary experience!
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