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Are cats during pregnancy can harm the fetus? The answer, perhaps. However, take it easy, that risk can be minimized, even eliminated, by making some changes in routines between pregnant women and pets so as not to interfere with pregnancy.
Avoid yourself from the risk of Toxoplasma
If the first pre-pregnancy replacing the toilet sand sweet is your job, now no longer allowed. Therefore, cat feces can carry the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma), the type of infection that can spread to humans. Toxoplasma gondii parasite can cross the placenta and harm the fetus. Toxoplasma cysts are usually settled in the fetal brain, causing a variety of neurological disorders, such as optic nerve disorders that trigger blindness. In addition, the fetus is also at risk of birth with a large head size and filled with fluid, which we are familiar with the term hydrocephalus.
Sharing tasks with husband
During your pregnancy, let your partner who takes care of the sweet dirt for a while. Wash hands after each stroking a cat, because it can be attached to Toxoplasma cysts in fur.
This type of cyst in the muscle alive various other animals. Transmission can occur if you eat processed meat raw or undercooked which happens to contain Toxoplasma cysts.
Therefore, make sure your food cooked to perfection. Toxoplasma can also live on the ground in quite a long period of time. So, wear gloves whenever gardening, and wash hands after holding uncooked foods.
