Whoever have cats or pets may have often heard about toxoplasmosis. However,most of them probably still common in Indonesia because they have not had their awareness of the environment pets. This disease can cause miscarriage in pregnantwomen. It's so horrible for women, isn't it?
Therefore, I want to share to you, what is Toxoplasmosis? how to avoid it?, and how to cure it?
What is Toxoplasmosis?
Toxoplasmosis is caused by a parasite called toxoplasma gondii. The parasite that lives in animal intestines of mammals such as cats and dogs. Transmission through the feces of animals are mammals. For example, there is a fly alighted on the ground that there is parasite toxoplasma gondii and then this fly landed on the food and the food eaten by humans, humans will be infected, so that the parasite will grow and multiply.
Toxoplasma virus included in the group of viruses TORCH, TORCH is an acronym forToxoplasma gondii (toxo), Rubella, Cyto Megalo Virus (CMV), Herpes Simplex Virus(HSV), which consists of HSV1 and HSV2 and possibly by other viruses are morelimited clinical impact (For example, Measles, Varicella, Echovirus, Mumps, vacciniavirus, polio virus, and Coxsackie-B virus).
The main cause of viral and parasitic TORCH (toxo, rubella, CMV, and Herpes) areanimals that are around us, such as chickens, cats, birds, rats, pigeons, goats, cows,dogs, and others. Although not directly as a cause of outbreaks of disease from this virus is an animal, but can also be caused by the intermediaries (indirect) such aseating vegetables, meat and other half-baked.
If a pregnant woman is infected will cause problems such as miscarriage or cause of death in infants. Toxoplasma gondii parasites cross the placenta so it timbulah disturbances. Toxoplasma can also cause babies have abnormalities in the eyes and ears, mental retardation, inflammation of the lining of the brain and the accumulation of water in the lining of the brain. When the attack happened premature babies it will be dangerous again.
How to avoid it?
To prevent this disease make it a habit to clean living. Wash hands before eating, cooking good food and hygiene, avoid feces of dogs and cats or animals that like to urinate in any place because of feces containing the parasite toxoplasma will easily infect humans.
How to cure it?
Toxoplasmosis diagnosis is clinically difficult to determine because the indications arenot specific or even no indications (sub clinical). Therefore, the laboratory examinationis absolutely necessary for get the right diagnosis. A common examination isAnti-Toxoplasma IgG, IgM and IgA, and Aviditas Anti-Toxoplasma IgG.
Until now there is no healing with herbal ingredients.
Drugs used up to now: a.l. Sulfadiazine, pyrimethamine, Spiramycin, and Clindamycin.The drugs most widely used is Spiramycin
If women are exposed to Toxoplasmosis is usually a lot of natural disturbance and its contents if you're pregnant can become infected as well.
Hurry come to the doctor do not wait too long. Do not lose time with a variety ofalternative treatments!
Therefore, if you are a woman, keep on loving your health and your cat. Keep your cleanliness in your beloved cat. Because this can affect your reproductive system.
