Cat Information Pages - cats and your health

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease you can catch mostly from cat excreta (faeces). Cats bury their droppings in the garden or in cat trays or such. If you handle cat excreta even by mistake in the garden (it may not even be your cat) and the cat poo has toxoplasmosis in it and you catch the illness, you can become very sick. The illness is hard to treat and in adult people, it can cause a long period of debilitating illness which symptoms resemble glandular fever. Symptoms may include swollen glands, tiredness, a general feeling of unwellness, and fever like symptoms. In immunocompromised people, toxoplasmosis may even be lethal and/or may cause scarring of the eyes and the condition may become chronic in some people. The disease is detected by blood tests. The human body produces two types of antibodies to fight the parasite which your body tends to treat similarly to a virus. One type of antibody says you have been exposed to the toxoplasmosis and the other type says you are positive to a recent exposure. Your gland/s may swell up (in the neck for example) and you may feel very ill. Toxoplasmosis is especially bad for pregnant women. Consider wearing gardening gloves when gardening and change cat trays regularly.

(2)Cat Trays

Cat Trays may be the source of toxoplasmosis or other diseases and should be cleaned out regularly. Consider wearing gloves and a mask.

(3)HIV and immunocompromised people and cats

Cats may cause serious illness in HIV compromised people.Beware of toxoplasmosis and other illnesses.




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