Woman claims she went blind after being licked by her pet cat

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Woman goes blind after being licked by cat. A doctor says Janese Walters lost her sight due to “cat scratch disease”, caused by the Bartonella henselae bacteria. A woman has told how she went went blind in one eye after her cat licked her.

According to HDNews, Janese Toledo says she woke up one morning and couldn’t see out of her left eye. Now, after a month of visiting the doctor, she has finally been given an explanation for her loss of sight – her cat. A doctor says Ms Walters’ blindness was caused by a condition called “cat scratch disease”, which occurs when a feline passes on a bacteria, either through its saliva or fur.

Source: HDNEWS24