The cat and the nap

Seligman, William H; Manuel, Ari

doi:10.5694/mja13.10730

Topics

Cardiovascular diseases

History and humanities

Respiratory tract diseases

A patient’s apnoea is discovered by his “owner”

We report the case of a 72-year-old man who presented to his general practitioner with cat scratch — not cat-scratch disease, but trauma to the face and nose caused by repeated savage night-time attacks perpetrated by none other than his trusty loyal cat. The patient had a history of stable coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy and hypertension.

1 Magdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
2 Oxford Sleep Unit, Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.

Correspondence: william.seligman@magd.ox.ac.uk

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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