For pregnant women, once infected with Toxoplasma gondii, it will cause various diseases, and then affect the baby in the stomach through the placenta, which is likely to lead to congenital malformation, abortion, stillbirth and other problems. In addition, with the increasing gestational age, the probability of pregnant women being infected with Toxoplasma gondii will also increase, and the baby will be more and more affected. For example, in the first trimester, the probability of the baby being affected is 15%, while in the second trimester, the probability of the baby being affected becomes 30%, and in the third trimester, the probability of the baby being affected is 65%.
What are the symptoms after Toxoplasma infection?
1, physical pain
When pregnant women are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, pregnant women will have pain including head, eyes and whole body muscles.
2. Gastrointestinal diseases
Because Toxoplasma gondii is infected through the digestive tract, once pregnant women are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, they will have symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting and constipation.
3. Have a fever
When pregnant women are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, their body temperature will rise to 40 degrees Celsius, or there will be chills. In addition, this temperature rise will continue for about two to three weeks.
4. Respiratory diseases
Pregnant women infected with Toxoplasma gondii will have problems such as bronchitis and pneumonia.
5, skin diseases
Some pregnant women infected with Toxoplasma gondii will have measles-like rash, erythematous rash, macula and other skin diseases.
6, lymphatic system diseases
After pregnant women are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, the lymphatic system will attack them. In this case, the possibility of systemic lymph nodes and hepatosplenomegaly is very high.
7. Anemia
There are also some pregnant women who have symptoms such as low fever, fatigue, dizziness and difficulty in concentration after being infected with Toxoplasma gondii.
8. fertile
Birth here means that babies are prone to premature delivery, miscarriage and stillbirth.
9. Baby problem
Pregnant women infected with Toxoplasma gondii have a great impact on their babies' health. The baby is likely to have hydrocephalus, epilepsy, brain calcification, mental retardation and other problems.
Since Toxoplasma infection is so terrible, is Toxoplasma really transmitted only by cats and dogs?
In fact, Toxoplasma gondii infection has the following two ways:
1, animal sexual transmission
Toxoplasma gondii can survive not only in animals, but also in humans. Any animal may be infected by ingesting Toxoplasma gondii, which is not unique to cats and dogs.
The transmission of Toxoplasma gondii is mostly obtained by mixing eggs in animal feces.
In addition, contaminated fruits and vegetables, egg products and snacks are also important routes of infection.
Cats and dogs are just one of the most widespread sources of Toxoplasma infection. Among cats and dogs, cats are likely to be infected with Toxoplasma gondii, and dogs are also hosts, but the feces produced by dogs are not contagious, but they are not absolute.
2. Infection between people
In fact, in addition to animals, some Toxoplasma gondii can also spread from person to person, thus affecting babies.
At this time, Toxoplasma gondii can be transmitted from person to person through sneezing and sexual intercourse.