Comments on: HELP!!!!!What kinds of viruses can you get from cleaning up cat urine/feces? http://www.caturinesmellblog.com/remove-cat-urine/helpwhat-kinds-of-viruses-can-you-get-from-cleaning-up-cat-urinefeces Get Rid Of Cat Urine Smell Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jacobean Ruff http://www.caturinesmellblog.com/remove-cat-urine/helpwhat-kinds-of-viruses-can-you-get-from-cleaning-up-cat-urinefeces/comment-page-1#comment-703 Jacobean Ruff Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:07:22 +0000 http://www.caturinesmellblog.com/remove-cat-urine/helpwhat-kinds-of-viruses-can-you-get-from-cleaning-up-cat-urinefeces#comment-703 The disease toxoplasmosis, caused by a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondi. The only way you can get toxoplasmosis from a cat is through direct contact with its feces, but indoor cats in rodent-free homes may never be exposed to toxoplasma. However, if you've been around cats for a majority of your lifetime, the chances are you've built up a good immunity to it. It also would be helpful if you wore gloves whilst moving the carpet, and washed your hands. Breathing in the air in a urinated/defecated area would be offensive to your olfactory glands, but probably not put you at a risk for some infection. If you're worried, some symptoms of toxoplasmosis are: - "Flu"-like symptoms, with swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more. - Symptoms of ocular toxoplasmosis can include reduced vision, blurred vision, pain (often with bright light), redness of the eye, and sometimes tearing.<br><b>References : </b><br> The disease toxoplasmosis, caused by a single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondi. The only way you can get toxoplasmosis from a cat is through direct contact with its feces, but indoor cats in rodent-free homes may never be exposed to toxoplasma. However, if you've been around cats for a majority of your lifetime, the chances are you've built up a good immunity to it. It also would be helpful if you wore gloves whilst moving the carpet, and washed your hands. Breathing in the air in a urinated/defecated area would be offensive to your olfactory glands, but probably not put you at a risk for some infection.

If you're worried, some symptoms of toxoplasmosis are:

- "Flu"-like symptoms, with swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.
- Symptoms of ocular toxoplasmosis can include reduced vision, blurred vision, pain (often with bright light), redness of the eye, and sometimes tearing.
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