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Symptoms

Symptoms can mimic the flu, cause headache, high fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, meningitis, hepatitis, pneumonitis, myocarditis, blindness, and diarrhea.

If a pregnant woman contracts this disease, it will cause birth defects in the fetus (brain defects, blindness, and/or mental retardation).

Causes

Those who keep cats should be aware of this danger. Cat coccidia is caused by a tiny protozoa (Isospora bigemina) which lives in the intestines of cats. Apparently, it is in many cats!

This disease is acquired by inhaling or swallowing dust from contaminated kitty litter boxes or outdoor sand or dirt piles. But it can also come from eating rare beef. While that protozoa is in an intermediate stage, it is outside the cat's intestines-and can enter the human body.

Treatments

• See a physician. Diagnosis is made from a positive blood test or skin test.

Prevention

Women should avoid cats just prior to, and during, pregnancy. They should only eat well-cooked meat. Better yet, stop eating it entirely, since many diseases are transmitted through eating meat, poultry, fish, and shellfish.

This page was last modified on 2 December 2010, at 22:02.

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