Wednesday, February 15, 2012

General Prevention of Toxoplasmosis


Toxoplamosis is known as STD which caused by parasite. People who got infected mostly get the infection from cat and certain kind of food such as raw or undercooked mear, contaminated vegetables or even ingestion of oocysts. The infection is quite danger for women fertility and also fetus when they are pregnant. The prevention will involve in lifestyle. It is better to do while they are still young. The parasite can stay in the body without giving any symptoms. The symptoms happen in mild and acute illness.

The prevention of Toxoplasmosis will be able to do in healthy life. People are suggested to wash their hand and use soap after doing some outdoor activity. They also should use glove while gardening or involving soil in activity. Stopping in eat raw meat or the undercooked one will be one of the way to prevent the infection. Always washing the kitchen utensils after used for raw meat is suggested also. People also should wash fruit and vegetable before eaten because it can be contaminated. Then, they also should avoid drinking milk which has not been pasteurized. Covering sandboxes while not being used is a must. Cat may stool there and the parasite can grow.

People may know that Toxoplasmosis is available in cat. People who have cat should make the cat live healthy. They can keep the cat in the room. Then, they also give them hygiene food from can and avoid giving raw meat. They also should not adopt a stray cat or kitten. It may have been infected even though it does not show any symptom. Then, the symptoms can show months later. People also must clean the litter box of cat everyday. They also should use master and gloves while cleaning it.

Those activities for the prevention of Toxoplasmosis are not too hard to do. Besides that, those preventions of the infection also can help people to keep health.

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