Cat people need to read this

[norseamd]

World War C has begun:

also a dog person. so i am not the right person to continue this war. want a lab border colly mix

would have bears and apes and birds if i could also

 

[norseamd]

What did they treat you with? I was under a ton of stress in 2006. That's when I got my first eye infection and also when I had an insane girlfriend who loved her cat. Since then I've had about 12 eye infections and one really really bad one right now. I almost went to the ER it was so bad the other night. I only made it through the night because I had some Vicodin from a long time ago in my fridge.

go to the doctor and mention toxoplasmosis

 

[Thebobo]

I'm so sick of idiots on the internets misinterpreting science. The disease can be transmitted from some outdoor cats and rats in some areas of the world, it's true all right. But do you lick your cats butt? Or stick your fingers in your cats butt then lick them clean? No? Huh. Well, do you drink and bathe in dirty water contaminated with with the parasite on a regular basis? You do! Well, I think we found an answer. And all you have to do to avoid this is use a broad spectrum dewormer on your cats and keep them inside. Chances are, if you are rat free inside, this problem will never be an issue, at all.

You could have it and never know it fact the vast majority of folks that have it haven't a clue and will never know. It can manifest itself decades latter you have know idea when you got it.

Basically we are doomed! http://www.stanford.edu/class/humbio153/SuccessfulParasite/Background.html

Toxoplasma can be spread through the consumption of raw or undercooked meat of an intermediate host, (animals such as sheep, rabbits, etc.), or contact with feces from infected cats, the definitive host. According to The Toxoplasma oocysts shed in cat feces are extremely hardy, and can survive outside of an intermediate host for an entire year. These oocysts can exist in cat litter boxes, get onto grass, can contaminate water systems, and can even survive on vegetables in gardens that grow near cat feces. The hardiness of the oocysts, paired with the great number of intermediate hosts is part of the reason why Toxoplasma is such a successful parasite, and helps to explain the prevalence of Toxoplasma in humans.

 

[Ichinisan]

LURKER!

Mine.

You have to quote the lurker in order to claim it.

Like this:

The article is a couple of years old. I've heard of the parasites that control ants but not ones that control rodents and can infect humans.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/how-your-cat-is-making-you-crazy/308873/

Mine!

 

[Benthere]

You have to quote the lurker in order to claim it.

Like this:


Mine!

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
Some people on here should lurk more.

 

[jagec]

Cats are gross, dogs are gross, kids are gross, girls are gross...

I guess ATOT really is full of basement dwellers whose only interactions with the outside world are through the internet.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Cats are gross, dogs are gross, kids are gross, girls are gross...

I guess ATOT really is full of basement dwellers whose only interactions with the outside world are through the internet.

Have you seen what people put on the internet... it's gross.

 

[LennyZ]

Stay away from French women and microwave your cats and you will have no worries.

 

[MrDudeMan]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
Some people on here should lurk more.

That includes you. Your post is 0/10.

 

[Benthere]

That includes you. Your post is 0/10.

Did you miss that I already included myself with that quote?

 

[akahoovy]

Stay away from French women and microwave your cats and you will have no worries.

That's not funny.

Anyway, I'm enjoying having a house rabbit. Fuck noisy cats and dogs.

 

[88keys]

You know, my pseudoscience detector was going off at the start of this.

But after finishing that whole article, I honestly think this dude is onto something.

Wouldn't be interesting if science discovers that most behavioural/developmental disorders are due to neuro parasites transmitted by animals and insects?

 

[alkemyst]

our next anon member....

 

[zinfamous]

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
Some people on here should lurk more.

You are my favorite lurker, ever.

 

[norseamd]

Wouldn't be interesting if science discovers that most behavioural/developmental disorders are due to neuro parasites transmitted by animals and insects?

razib khan estimates that 50% of personality is genetic 25% is environmental and the other 25% is non genetic and non environmental. the last 25% would cover things like toxoplasmosis.

 

[HeXen]

I've been diagnosed with toxoplasmosis. I had an eye infection and went through 4 eye doctors before the last doctor figured it out. I was under a lot of stress when one caught it right away. Been fine for 5 + years since.


Also you might have it and never know it. Up to a third of the world's human population is estimated to carry a Toxoplasma infection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasmosis

A guy I used to work with had this as well. He went legally blind then lost his wife and went on disability. Now he's on assisted living.
Another co worker got the other plasmosis...the one in your lungs.

 

[88keys]

razib khan estimates that 50% of personality is genetic 25% is environmental and the other 25% is non genetic and non environmental. the last 25% would cover things like toxoplasmosis.

I suppose that those people in the dark ages were also onto something when they though cats were demonic and exterminated them....

..Which lead to an increase in the rodent population and helped spread the black death....

..And the people who managed to survive the black death would often go crazy afterward....

Looks like we just can't win, no wonder the world is so fucked up...

Cats have taken over the internet and our minds. They are in control of us.

 

[SlickSnake]

It's not a fucking worm you catard.

I know Nintendtard.

I said that because if she had obvious worms stuck to her hair, it would be a sign of a possible greater parasitic infection overall. And I already pointed out in the previous post you failed to mention, it's a parasite. So comprehension fail on your part.

MEEERRRROOOOOWWWWW!!!!! Hiiiiiiiiiissssssss!!!!!! (Scratches and bites Nintendtard on tight ass making him a rat zombie who worships cats.)

That'll show ya.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Cats are gross, dogs are gross, kids are gross, girls are gross...

I guess ATOT really is full of basement dwellers whose only interactions with the outside world are through the internet.

Be careful, you will toxify the purity of people living in anti-bacteria soap bubbles.