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I don't know if you have paid attention to your relatives and friends, if they are preparing to get pregnant or have a child at home.
Send your cats and dogs to a friend's house for temporary care, or give them to others to raise.
Therefore, there are also many caring people who pity these little pets. So why do cat lovers, even if they like cats, separate from cats when they are pregnant and don't live in the same home?
It turns out that it is only because of the toxoplasma gondii on Maomao's body that they are particularly concerned about cats, and people are afraid that toxoplasmosis will pose a danger to unborn babies.
So, is this view correct?So today, let's see how terrible the harm of toxoplasma gondii is, and why many families are afraid of it?
For families who do not have pets, there is still relatively little understanding of Toxoplasma gondii. First of all, let's popularize what exactly is Toxoplasma gondiiWhy is it so many people scared?
The most special thing about Toxoplasma gondii is that it can be a parasitic object for both humans and animals, and Toxoplasma gondii mainly relies on animals as the source of infection.
In nature, even birds can be parasitized by Toxoplasma gondii.
There is even a theory that Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most successful parasites in the world, because it hunts so wide that not only humans, but almost all warm-blooded animals, it can parasitize on it.
For example, pigs, cows, sheep, tigers, lions, and rabbits and cats that we like to raise at home, which reproduce quite quickly.
Toxoplasma gondii can invade the nucleus of an animal at an extremely rapid rate, where it replicates and multiplies, and as it circulates in the bloodstream, it takes root in various parts of the body.
Compared to other parasites, Toxoplasma gondii should be able to say that it is one of the most widespread species in the world, because it is extremely adaptable, so it can be found in water, land and sky.
In 2017, some scientific organizations** showed that almost 2 billion people in the world were infected with Toxoplasma gondii.
The most terrifying thing about it is that it not only acts as a blessing through your ** surface, but also invades people's brains and affects people's physical health.
So how did he mainly spread it?
The first is the most worrying route of transmission for pregnant women, which is through close contact with pets such as cats and dogs. In particular, there is such a toxoplasma gondii in cats, and there is a risk of infection if you come into contact with it frequently.
Secondly, there are also those exposed environments that will also be polluted by Toxoplasma gondii, such as the feces of cats and dogs, the soil contaminated by their feces, and the fruits and vegetables that have not been cleaned.
Toxoplasma gondii eggs can be infected with Toxoplasma gondii during human contact.
The last route of transmission is to eat as little raw meat or dairy products as possible, as uncooked meat may contain parasitic Toxoplasma gondii.
There are also undercooked dairy products that often have Toxoplasma gondii. For pregnant women, the chance of infection with Toxoplasma gondii is particularly high, and there is a high probability that she will inherit the infection to the fetus in her womb.
In severe cases, it will also cause miscarriage, even if there is no miscarriage, the development of the child is not sound, most of the fetuses infected with Toxoplasma gondii will suffer a serious blow to the nervous system, and even very serious conditions such as hydrocephalus.
In addition to pregnant women and fetuses, people who are normally immunocompromised are also more likely to be infected with Toxoplasma gondii and are in critical condition after infection. It can lead to acute infection, encephalitis and even death.
What can we do to avoid getting infected by Toxoplasma gondii?
In fact, the most important point is to love cleanliness. In our daily lives, we need to pay attention to our personal hygiene. Wash your hands frequently before eating and after using the toilet.
According to the current investigation, it can be found that Toxoplasma gondii in the air does not directly infect the human body, it needs a transition in the middle, that is to say, Toxoplasma gondii needs a vector to spread.
Obviously, cats and dogs are the intermediary of this. For those who often have pets at home, not only to ensure their cleanliness and hygiene, but also to take their pets to deworm from time to time to ensure that their pets are clean and hygienic.
Pregnant women or people with weakened immunity should be especially careful not to let them come into contact with cat feces such as cat litter if they happen to have a cat at home.
Because even Toxoplasma gondii is excreted with the feces of cats and dogs. However, Toxoplasma gondii is still active, and if a pregnant woman comes into contact with these feces, she is likely to become infected.
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