Many families who raise cats usually give away the cats if someone in the family becomes pregnant. This is because the cats are likely to carry Toxoplasma gondii, and Toxoplasma gondii can cause great harm to pregnant women. In severe cases, it can even lead to The fetus in the belly may be miscarried or malformed, so once you are pregnant, you should not keep cats. So, do you know what Toxoplasma gondii is? How is Toxoplasma gondii transmitted to humans? Let’s learn more about it in detail below!

What is Toxoplasma gondii?

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasite, and some people also call it the three-corpse parasite, the three-corpse god, etc. Generally, Toxoplasma gondii parasitizes in cells, and Toxoplasma gondii can reach various parts of the body with the blood flow. Toxoplasma gondii belongs to a class of parasites with simple structure and smallest body. If you contract toxoplasmosis, your immunity will decrease and your brain, heart, etc. will be damaged.

Symptoms: If a person is infected with Toxoplasma gondii. Especially for pregnant women, it will cause miscarriage or premature birth, and some serious cases may even lead to fetal malformation or death. Especially if you are infected in the early stage, the chance of fetal malformation is greater, so you must pay attention.

If a cat has Toxoplasma gondii, it can be divided into acute and chronic cases, and the symptoms are different.

Acute type: The cat's body temperature will rise, the whole body will be hot, the cat will be in poor spirits, have no appetite, or will not eat or drink, and will always lie down to sleep. In severe cases, it will also cause the cat to have difficulty breathing, vomiting, and diarrhea. .

Chronic type: poor appetite, weight loss and anemia. If it is only mild, it will show mild diarrhea.

Methods of communication:

Under normal circumstances, the main transmission route of Toxoplasma gondii is through cat feces.

Cats and felines are the final hosts of Toxoplasma gondii, so cats infected with Toxoplasma gondii will excrete cysts in their feces. This period of time will lead to Toxoplasma infection, and the time period is generally about one week to half a month.

Therefore, it is very important to deal with cat feces in a timely manner every day. You must also pay attention to hygiene in daily life. If things are contaminated by cat feces, they must be disinfected and cleaned.

There is another way of transmission of Toxoplasma gondii, which is transmitted through blood. If you accidentally come into contact with the blood of a cat at home, you are also very susceptible to Toxoplasma gondii infection.