Diseases transmitted from cats to humans

Diseases transmitted from cats to humans

There are many diseases which are transmitted from cats to humans, these diseases include:

1. fungal infections Herpes (ringworm), it is estimated that about 40% of cats with this disease can be transmitted to humans and is the most famous diseases can be transmitted from cats to humans, and appears on human skin Red rings cause itching gradually expands.

2. conjunctivitis: a red-eye with a discharge of pus, and facilitates treatment in cats and the human eye drops and ointments, and prevention is to wash hands well after touching the cat when becoming ill, and don't let the shot go home and climb up on the mattress, their seating places during her illness.

3. inflammation of the throat and tonsils, some cats carry the Microbe alsobhi causing these infections, treatment is with antibiotics, and prevention by not allowing a shot put her mouth on food or drink.

4. intestinal catarrh: some cats carry the microbes salmonella and Campylobacter that have passed to humans, causing diarrhoea and vomiting, prevention is wearing gloves when cleaning cat and wash hands well after her play, and keep the cat from food preparation areas.

5. a cat bite: more than 75% of the cats in her mouth Microbe albastiorilla which may cause fever, some cats also carry bacteria cluster, as well as tetanus can be transmitted via cat bites, in addition of course to rabies, so it is advisable to request urgent medical assistance as soon as possible after the bite occurs, especially if the cat is out of the House, or if the cat home and bite deep and severe, to deal with the wound and prevent probable results

6. Cat Scratch Disease: a disease carried small cats more than big cats, a bacteria called albartonella, these bacteria to cat by fleas that infect cats, and when carrying the Microbe and then cat scratch the infected human to human, and human disease symptoms are swollen lymph nodes and sometimes colorful.

7. alhlikobakter pylori bacteria: bacteria that cause stomach ulcers and the twelve, and at the beginning of the 1990s has proved the possibility of moving from cats to humans. The disease is transmitted through contaminated food, cat litter, so prevention is to keep cats from food preparation and not put it on the kitchen table, dining tables, and wash your hands thoroughly before preparing or eating food, after touching cats.

8. Toxoplasma: a single-cell organism infects cats by eating uncooked meat or eating meat of infected prey, or exposure to other cats highlights places infected such as parks or sand, cat infected remain out of eggs with feces for up to three weeks after infection and then become non-infectious acquired immunity may remain with them for life, or at least for a very long , They are not above anyone over this period, the eggs produced are the cat may infect humans or other cats, and encroachment are able to survive on land for a long period of up to one year or more, if in shaded, humid places proved infected cat come out about 10 million eggs with feces daily.

9. viruses, including rabies, a fatal disease in most cases to all people infected by a human or an animal. And it is very rare, and the animal becomes infected with the disease as a result of a bite or scratch from another infected animal, human becomes infected when exposed to bite or scratch by an infected animal or human saliva contamination of wounded animals infected with the disease. After transmission of the virus reaches the nervous system and affects strongly, severe convulsions occur and personal change and many other symptoms until death.

And cats far less dogs in the transfer of infection because they are often be static if the disease does not get status of irritability and biting that infect dogs, vaccination is available for both human and feline.