What are the symptoms of Toxocardia?

In daily life, everyone must pay attention to their eating hygiene habits. If the diet is unhygienic, it is easy to be infected by parasites. There are many types of parasites, but each type of parasite can live in the human body. Toxoplasma gondii is a parasitic disease that seriously endangers human health. It is distributed in the human blood and even in the human brain. What symptoms will occur if a person is infected with Toxoplasma gondii?

1. Symptoms of Toxoplasma infection

1. Fever, fever sequence and duration are not certain.

2. Rash: Common rashes include maculopapular rash and hemorrhagic rash.

3. Gastrointestinal symptoms: vomiting, intestinal flatulence, intractable diarrhea, mucus and blood in the stool may occur, and there may also be symptoms similar to gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis, atrophic gastritis, appendicitis, colitis, etc.

4. Respiratory system symptoms: pneumonia and bronchitis may occur.

5. Jaundice and hepatitis-like symptoms. Jaundice may occur, or even absent in mild cases. Liver function tests may change, with the liver and spleen becoming enlarged.

6. Nervous system symptoms: headache, dizziness, neurasthenia, neurosis, schizophrenia, ADHD, phobia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, convulsions, epilepsy, paralysis, etc.

7. Cardiovascular; myocarditis, pericarditis, arrhythmia, premature beats, angina pectoris, abnormal blood pressure, thrombosis, vasculitis, etc.

8. Swollen lymph nodes.

9. Fluid accumulation in body cavity; edema.

10. Eye diseases: such as retinitis, choroiditis, myopia, strabismus, nystagmus, microphthalmia, and microeyelids.

11. Anemia: fatigue, low fever, physical weakness, dizziness, pale nails, lips and eyelids, irritability or depression, drowsiness, mouth pain, and amenorrhea in women. Loss of appetite, headaches, constipation, irritability and difficulty concentrating.

12. Urinary tract infection, red blood cells and tubular structures appear in the urine.

13. It can also cause glomerulonephritis.

2. Daily precautions for preventing Toxoplasma gondii

1. Livestock and poultry should be kept indoors. Feed fully cooked food. Do not allow livestock and poultry to hunt outside. Women should avoid contact with cat feces. Maintain good hygiene for livestock and poultry. Carry out internal and external deworming and related immunization of livestock and poultry in a timely manner.

2. Do not eat raw eggs or undercooked meat. The cutting boards and knives used for cutting raw meat and offal should be separated from those used for cutting cooked meat, vegetables and fruits. When purchasing animal foods, you should be careful to choose safe and hygienic foods.

3. The cysts in the soil may contaminate the surface of vegetables and fruits, so they must be cleaned thoroughly before eating.