Symptoms of rodent bites include:

• Loss of skin
• Deformed skin
• Skin numbness
• Wound bleeding
• Wound pain
• Skin redness around the bite
• Skin swelling around the bite

In addition to the wound, rodent bites can cause infections.

Symptoms of an infection caused by a rodent bite include:

• Fever
• Worsening pain around the bite
• Worsening skin redness and pain:
• Cellulitis of the face
• Cellulitis of the ear
• Cellulitis of the arm
• Cellulitis of the hand
• Cellulitis of the leg
• Cellulitis of the foot
• Cellulitis of the abdomen
• Cellulitis of the breast
• Red streaks spreading from the wound:
• Lymphangitis of the arm
• Lymphangitis of the back of the leg
• Lymphangitis of the hand from a finger wound
• Swollen lymph glands above the bite:
• Axillary lymphadenopathy
• Inguinal lymphadenopathy