Tapeworm
According to specialists, tapeworm infection is a disease caused by ingesting food or water contaminated with tapeworm eggs or larvae. In general, these larvae will develop into adult tapeworm into your intestines and this phenomenon could lead to intestinal infection.
“While you can contract this by eating undercooked pork, you can also contract this from an infected pet,” explains Dr. Shainhouse.
Fortunately, there are many cases of people who suffer from intestinal tapeworm infections that show no symptoms at all and won’t present complications. However, symptoms could include nausea, weakness, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss.
You can contract this virus by eating or drinking something that is contaminated with feces from an animal that suffers from this disease. These feces contain microscopic tapeworms eggs that will arrive in your intestines and will develop into larvae. These larvae can migrate from your intestines and will attack your lungs and other vital organs.
So, in order to stay safe, you should try to wash your hands as often as possible and don’t neglect vet consultations as well.
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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.