During pregnancy, pregnant women's resistance is low, and close contact with cats infected with parasitic diseases may lead to diseases, which may easily affect the growth and development of the fetus and lead to fetal malformation. At the same time, they may carry a lot of bacteria, which is also very unfavorable for women to get pregnant. Moreover, the sudden scurrying of cats will also cause certain fright to pregnant women.
There may be many kinds of parasites in cats, and Toxoplasma gondii is the first of the four major diseases transmitted to humans. Toxoplasma gondii can reduce human immunity, make people suffer from various diseases and destroy people's brain, heart and fundus. Cats transmit Toxoplasma gondii to people through feces, so as long as they are clean and hygienic, people will not be infected with Toxoplasma gondii.
If pregnant women have been infected with such diseases before pregnancy, it will not cause any serious problems to future babies; If you are infected with Toxoplasma gondii for the first time during pregnancy, the probability of premature delivery, abortion, fetal abnormality or stillbirth is very high.
Whether it will affect her and the baby depends on how long she is pregnant. In the first three months, pregnant women are unlikely to transmit parasites to their fetuses; On the contrary, pregnant women are most likely to transmit parasites to the fetus in the last three months of pregnancy.
? Cats are the ultimate hosts of Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma gondii is parasitic on the intestinal mucosa of cats. Eggs only exist in the feces of cats infected with Toxoplasma gondii for the first time. Toxoplasma gondii is transmitted to people through feces produced by infected cats. However, after the eggs are excreted by cats, they may be contagious at least 24 hours later, so if the feces are cleaned up in time every day, the chance of infection will be reduced.
It should be noted that cats should bury the feces with their claws after excretion, and then clean their claws, tails and even anus with their tongues. If they are too close to the cat, they will give the eggs a chance to enter the human body. Domestic cats are usually infected with Toxoplasma gondii by eating dead mice, moles, squirrels or other infected small animals, so cats that live indoors and have never been exposed to mice are unlikely to be infected.
How to Prevent Diseases Infected with Cats If you really want to keep a cat, you must also pay attention to hygiene and avoid contact with cats.
1. To develop good hygiene habits, plates and chopping boards for raw and cooked food should be used separately, and hands should be washed and cleaned frequently.
2. Get rid of the habit of loving cats, using utensils and not cleaning up excreta in time. These are the bad habits that are most susceptible to infection.
3. Avoid giving cats raw meat, unwashed fruits and vegetables and untreated dairy products.
4. Pay attention to keep the cat clean, and don't let the cat enter the bedroom, especially the bed, to avoid the source of bacterial infection.
Therefore, no matter whether the infection probability is high or not, no one wants to be infected. For the sake of baby's health, it is best not to touch cats in the first half of pregnancy, and it is best to stay away during pregnancy. You can also entrust your family or friends to foster care after the woman is pregnant.