Salmonella
There are many people who are afraid of getting salmonella from precariously prepared food, but you should be aware that you can get this disease from your pet as well. Salmonella is a bacteria that can be passed from animals to humans and from humans to humans.
These bacteria cause gastrointestinal problems, such as vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, but in many cases, people can recover without using antibiotics. Generally, animals don’t show any symptoms.
“This infection can also be caused by the bacteria that live on the skin of pet reptiles,” warns Tsippora Shainhouse, MD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist in Los Angeles. The largest carriers of salmonella are reptiles, but this disease can also be found in chickens, hedgehogs or dog food.
So, if you already have a reptile as a pet or want to adopt one, you should wash your hands properly after touching and feeding them. Moreover, you should avoid touching other objects until you wash your hands.
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I was born with toxoplasmosis. My mom was pregnant with me and the disease (parasite) feeds on the retina of the eye and the brain.. I was lucky in that the parasite ate the retina in the right eye causing blindness and started on the left eye, (stopped) causing no damage but scars were there showing it started in the left eys. It stays dormate in the body and can reactive any time; that has occurred twice in my lifetime and doctors have been able to use a laser beam and kill the reacted cells. This disease can be carried onto my child but I have chosen to not have children to avoid this terrible disease. As stated it stays dormate in your body forever and they are now discovering that it causes cysts to grow on your vital organs such as lungs, kidneys. liver. etc. I have already found cysts on my kidneys so your certainly do not want to have this disease. It is a lifelong disease. I do not have cats and never wanted them.