Many families with cats usually send the cat away if someone in the family is pregnant. This is because the cat is likely to carry Toxoplasma gondii, which will cause great harm to pregnant women. In serious cases, it will also lead to fetal abortion or deformity in pregnant women. Therefore, once pregnant, don’t raise cats again. Do you know what Toxoplasma gondii is? How can Toxoplasma gondii infect people? Now let’s have a detailed look!

What is Toxoplasma gondii?

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite. Some people also call it three corpses, three corpse gods and so on. Generally, Toxoplasma gondii is parasitic in cells. Toxoplasma gondii can flow with blood and reach all parts of the body. Toxoplasma gondii is a kind of parasite with simple structure and smallest body. If you suffer from toxoplasmosis, it will lead to the decline of immunity and damage the brain and heart.

Symptoms: if a person is infected with Toxoplasma gondii. In particular, pregnant women will lead to abortion or premature delivery. Some are serious, and lead to fetal malformation or death. Especially if they are infected in the early stage, the probability of fetal malformation is greater, so we must pay attention to it.

If the cat has Toxoplasma gondii, it can be divided into acute and chronic, and the symptoms are different. Acute type: the cat’s body temperature will rise, the whole body will get hot, the cat’s spirit is poor, the cat has no appetite, or does not eat or drink, and always lies down to sleep. In serious cases, it will also lead to dyspnea, vomiting and diarrhea. Chronic type: poor appetite, weight loss and anemia. If it is only mild, it will show mild diarrhea.

Route of transmission:

In general, the main route of transmission of Toxoplasma gondii is through the feces of cats. Cats and cats are the ultimate hosts of Toxoplasma gondii, so the feces of cats infected with Toxoplasma gondii will discharge cysts and zygotes. This period of time will lead to Toxoplasma gondii infection, and the time cycle is generally about one week to half a month. Therefore, it is very important to deal with cat dung in time every day. Pay attention to hygiene every day. If things are polluted by cat dung, they should be disinfected and cleaned. Toxoplasma gondii is also transmitted through blood. If you accidentally touch the blood of cats at home, it is also very easy to be infected with Toxoplasma gondii.