It totally is. My sister once spent four days in the hospital because of it. Her (normally incredibly sweet) cat freaked out because he thought she was restraining him when she was really going to let him go and chomped down hard on her wrist.
If you've been bitten or scratched and the area is still red and swollen hours later and particularly if the redness seems to be expanding out from the injury site, get yourself to a doctor immediately
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Date: 2008-10-18 06:01 am (UTC)If you've been bitten or scratched and the area is still red and swollen hours later and particularly if the redness seems to be expanding out from the injury site, get yourself to a doctor immediately