Symptoms of toxoplasmosis

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Many families now like to raise cats and dogs, but when they want a baby, they have to struggle. Toxoplasma gondii is called three corpse worm in traditional Chinese medicine. It can parasitize in the body, flow with the blood, reach all parts of the body, damage the brain, heart and fundus of the eye, cause the decline of human immunity and suffer from various diseases. Symptoms of toxoplasmosis? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of toxoplasmosis

The clinical manifestations of congenital toxoplasmosis are complex. Most babies are asymptomatic at birth, and some of them develop retinochoroiditis, strabismus, blindness, epilepsy, psychomotor or mental retardation several months or years after birth. The clinical manifestations of the following different combinations: chorioretinitis, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, anencephaly, intracranial calcification should be considered.

The severity of acquired toxoplasmosis is different. Acute lymphadenitis is the most common in the host with normal immune function, accounting for about 90%. Immune deficiency patients such as AIDS, organ transplantation, malignant tumor (mainly Hodgkin's disease) often have significant systemic symptoms, such as high fever, macular papule, myalgia, arthralgia, headache, vomiting, delirium, encephalitis, myocarditis, pneumonia, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, etc.

Most of ocular toxoplasmosis is congenital, and the postnatal findings may be caused by congenital potential lesions. Clinically, there are blurred vision, blind spot, fear of light, pain, lacrimal overflow, central vision loss, and few systemic symptoms. After the inflammation subsided, the vision improved, but often not completely recovered. There may be vitreous opacity.

matters needing attention

1. Check before and during pregnancy. 2. Domestic cats should be fed with dry feed and cooked food, and their nests should be cleaned regularly, but pregnant women should not participate in the cleaning. 3. Low temperature (- 13 ℃) and high temperature (67 ℃) can kill Toxoplasma gondii in meat. 4. Wash hands, cutting boards, knives, etc. that have operated meat, and articles that have contacted raw meat with soapy water and clean water. 5. Clean vegetables thoroughly before eating.