With the increasing number of pet lovers in urban areas, many people are concerned about: How many parasites are there on pets? What harm will these parasites cause to the human body? Parasites on cats Must understand, cat lovers should pay attention!

How can cats transmit parasites to humans?

Cats are mainly Toxoplasma gondii. In addition, cats are also the host of various parasites, such as Fasciola chinensis. These oral-infecting parasites become food-borne parasites. Toxoplasma gondii is very harmful to the human body. Pregnant women especially should not keep cats and dogs as pets. Toxoplasma gondii can cause congenital Toxoplasma gondii in babies. Diseases, infant deformities, such as exposed bowel. According to research, congenital toxoplasmosis, which will cause symptoms or deformities at birth, has a mortality rate of 12%, while 80% of survivors have mental development disorders and 50% have visual impairments. The typical symptoms of congenital toxoplasmosis are hydrocephalus, cerebral calcification, retinal choroiditis and mental and motor disorders. In addition, it may be accompanied by systemic manifestations, such as fever, rash, vomiting, diarrhea, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, myocarditis, and epilepsy in the neonatal period. Confluent pneumonia is a common cause of death.

The routes of transmission are as follows:

Route 1: Cats can also be infected by mouth and can also be transmitted to humans. Cats swallow infectious worms when they eat or drink. Eggs or larvae, or eaten with larvae and passed on to humans, such as cockroaches.

The second way: There are also parasites in the mother of cats that can also be transmitted to humans, and the larvae infect the fetuses of humans through the placenta, such as roundworms and hookworms. It is also possible to transmit to lactating kittens through milk, such as Toxoplasma.

Method 3: Cats can also be transmitted to humans through skin infection. Infectious larvae directly penetrate the cat's skin, burrow into the human body, and migrate to parasitic sites, such as hookworm larvae.

Route 4: Cats can also transmit to their owners through intermediate hosts, such as mosquitoes that can transmit heartworm larvae.

Approach 5: There is also a contact infection that can also be transmitted to humans. Healthy cats are in direct contact with sick cats, and parasites will be transmitted from sick cats to humans, such as mites, lice, and fleas. Way 6: Cats will be infected by indirect contact and can also be transmitted to humans, because parasites can live in the external environment for a period of time, such as mites on sick cats, which can survive for more than ten days in their used daily necessities. If these items are not sterilized and used directly by healthy cats, parasites will be transmitted to healthy cats. There are also owners who have touched the sick cat's hands and directly touch the healthy cat without disinfection, which may also spread parasites.

The characteristics of cat parasitic infection are divided into four categories:

First, infection without seasonal characteristics. Parasites on cats can be infected all year round and can affect the cat's health at any time.

Second, it is common infection between humans and cats. Many parasites in cats can be transmitted to humans, and some of them may also be brought to cats by humans.

Third, the source of infection is everywhere. The owner's clothes and shoes can carry parasites and eggs outdoors; sofa carpets at home may also hide parasites and eggs; mosquito bites or raw meat fed may also be infected with parasites; healthy cats and sick cats play together During the process, parasites may also be transmitted from sick cats to healthy cats; .

Secondly, shoveling officers need to understand the characteristics of some common parasites on cats and their possible impact on cat health. The characteristics and hazards of cat parasites are as follows:

Characteristics and hazards of fleas:

Characteristics: Very strong survival and reproduction. It may be found on carpets, sofas, beds, and parks.

Hazards: It can cause severe itching and scratching in cats, seasonal eczema, atopic dermatitis, local ulcers; hair loss anemia, malnutrition.

Characteristics and hazards of ticks:

Characteristics: They like to hide in low vegetation such as grasses and shrubs. Active in dark and humid environments.

Harm: It can cause local skin ulcers and pain in cats; the amount of blood sucking is very large, and the weight difference between ticks before and after sucking cat blood can reach 200 times, and at the same time lead to blood loss and anemia in cats; Toxins in saliva can cause paralysis.

Characteristics and hazards of lice:

Characteristics: Carry a lot of viruses with you.

Hazards: It can cause itching, rash, dermatitis, dry coat, anemia, malnutrition in cats, and can transmit the virus to the host.

Characteristics and hazards of mites:

Characteristics: scabies mites, ear itch mites, parasitic on the body surface of humans and mammals.

Hazards: It can cause unbearable itching in cats, suffer from severe itching ear disease, become unpleasant, and reduce appearance

Features and hazards of tapeworms:

Characteristics: It is a common intestinal parasite in cats. The tapeworm body is like a train. It is divided into sections. Each section contains eggs. When mature, these sections will fall off. , excreted with the feces, if you find milky white rice grains on the cat litter box or sofa, it may be infected with tapeworms. Fleas are the carriers of tapeworms, and only cats can get tapeworms if they eat fleas that are infected with tapeworms. Therefore, if the cat has tapeworms in the stomach, it is certain that the cat has tapeworms.

Hazards: It can cause cats to vomit, diarrhea, anemia, malnutrition, and like to rub their butt on the ground. At the same time, fleas are one of the vectors for the transmission of tapeworms. When a cat is found to be infected with tapeworms, it is necessary not only to eliminate the tapeworms, but also to expel the fleas to prevent secondary infection.