Re: CS>toxoplasmosis

[Clayton Family]

so there then. problem solved. I guess you won't be getting it. 
However, over here, there is infected wildlife everywhere. Dogs 
contract all kinds of things carried only by wild animals. They get it 
just when romping around in the backyard. In addition, one round of 
deworming or whatever might be enough to get rid of the parasite, and 
then again, it might take 3 rounds, spaced to catch the critters at the 
correct part of the life cycle. So there is plenty of room to suppose 
that people can get these things and also that current medical 
treatment might not be enough to get rid of it.

Please please do not reply back, "just wash your hands".  We are just 
supposing here.  kathryn

On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Dee Fitzpatrick wrote:

I would have thought that it would be very easy to avoid if one just 
washes ones hands after touching cat or dog faeces.  As I said, it 
cannot be contracted by just touching an animal, and that would have 
to be an infected animal.  There are not that many animals infected 
with this disease either, especially if they have been routinely 
wormed.  It is quite a simple task to just wash after doing anything 
that involves touching earth or anything outside, in case of infected 
wildlife as well.  Dee  
 
-------Original Message-------
 
From: Clayton Family
Date: 02/05/09 15:53:01
To: silver-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: CS>toxoplasmosis
 
So one of the points here may be that it might not be so easy to avoid,
or that some people are getting infected without obvious symptoms so
the infection gets to the point that it is affecting the brain.
Another point is that parasitic infection may be MUCH more common than
is commonly believed.    -  kathryn
 
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