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Cat Lady Conundrum - USA
Animals  (tags: usa, toxoplasmosis, cats, disease, crazy cat lady, cdc, parasite )

Chrissy
- 721 days ago - nytimes.com
Here's a little-known and slightly terrifying fact: According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 60 million people in the United States are infected with a parasite that may migrate into their brains and alter
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Ginny C. (37)
Sunday December 9, 2007, 5:34 am
Ummmm. Glad I always wash my hands after tending my cats!

 

Donna C. (86)
Sunday December 9, 2007, 6:56 am
Cute article and truthful too!
 

Eternal Optimist (115)
Sunday December 9, 2007, 1:02 pm
Noted. Thanks Chrissy :)
 

Barbarocat Kay (646)
Sunday December 9, 2007, 3:47 pm
It's always best to wash your hands after handling a cat, ESPECIALLY if you're PREGNANT. Pregnant women should NEVER be around cat litter, at least that's what I've always heard.
 

Chrissy N. (118)
Sunday December 9, 2007, 8:02 pm
back in the late 80s, I actually knew of a family who lost their son ... 7 years old ... to Toxo. the rs. had no idea at first what it was and when they ade an offhand suggestion that that was what it could be, the family insisted that they didn't even own a cat. turned out the Drs were right and the boy had contracted it through playing in the sandpit in the garden.
 
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