Young couples trying to conceive should not keep pets.
Pet cats and dogs are common carriers of Toxoplasma gondii, among which cats are the most prominent. Toxoplasma gondii is a small protozoa that is invisible to the naked eye, not much larger than a bacterium. This protozoa causes toxoplasmosis when it parasitizes humans and animals. If a woman who is about to conceive is infected with this disease and becomes pregnant again, she may transmit Toxoplasma gondii to her fetus, and may even have serious consequences such as miscarriage after 3 months of pregnancy, fetal malformation or stillbirth after 6 months of pregnancy. Therefore, you should not keep pets such as cats and dogs at least 3 months before pregnancy. Once you come into contact with a pet when preparing to become pregnant, wash your hands immediately to prevent infection from pet pathogens. Couples who have raised pets should go to the hospital for examination first. If they are infected with Toxoplasma gondii, they should recover before considering pregnancy.
According to current research, poultry and birds are hosts of chlamydia. Researchers have isolated chlamydia from parrots, lovebirds, cardinals, pigeons and seabirds.
Birds mainly excrete pathogens through their feces, so infectious bird feces particles suspended in dust are a source of infection for pedestrians and unintentional contacts. If an ornamental bird is raised with Chlamydia psittaci, there will be a large amount of Chlamydia in the air in its small environment, and you will be infected when you play with the birds or clean up bird droppings. Occasionally, the disease may occur after being scratched on the skin by a bird or after kissing a bird. The disease can also be infected through the conjunctiva or oral mucosa. If you are infected with Chlamydia psittaci, you will develop symptoms in 1 to 2 weeks.
A small number of infected people may develop mild flu-like symptoms, and most people will have chills, high fever (39-40°C), relatively slow pulse, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, general muscle pain and sore throat. There may also be nosebleeds and rashes, and coughing with sticky or bloody sputum may occur in about 1 week. During the examination, there are wet rales in the lungs, X-ray manifestations of pneumonia on the chest X-ray, and the lung function is damaged. In severe cases, coma, shortness of breath, cyanosis, jaundice, hepatomegaly, etc. may occur. After the onset of the disease, if you leave the bird-raising environment, the symptoms will gradually decrease; if you continue to be in contact with birds, the symptoms will worsen. After recovering from the disease, if you are exposed to a bird carrying Chlamydia psittaci again, you may get sick again. Bird keepers should therefore be wary of psittacosis. If the typical symptoms of psittacosis appear, you should go to the local hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time, and do not be careless. This is very important for a healthy pregnancy.
Researchers found that pigeons carry Cryptococcus neoformans in their beaks, paws and feces, and that sparrows and canaries also carry this bacteria. These bacteria can invade the human body through the respiratory tract, digestive tract, and skin. Cryptococci mainly invade the human lungs and nervous system and can cause a new type of cryptococcal meningitis.inflammation. Symptoms include fever, headache, vomiting, etc., and even death.
So for the health of the next generation, do not raise birds before or during pregnancy.
This article is provided by Baidu Reading and is excerpted from \”Three Months Before Pregnancy – Pregnancy Preparation Period\” Author: Wang Liru