Toxoplasmosis - treatment

In the world there are many harmful microorganisms, viruses, infections and other factors. One of the most common diseases that is caused by the simplest microorganisms is toxoplasmosis. Many owners of cats and dogs have probably come across him, but not all of them know that the owner can get infected from a sick animal.

Causes of toxoplasmosis

To begin with, it is worth investigating how harmful toxoplasm can be to a person - those very creatures that cause disease. The main causes of toxoplasmosis are:

• infection of the owner from a sick animal (a domestic cat or dog can bring home a disease, having become infected in turn from a street kinsman);
• insufficiently thermally processed meat or eggs;
• transmission through blood-sucking parasites that are a carrier of toxoplasmosis;
• hit toxoplasma in the blood through cuts, scratches and other skin damage;
• Sexually transmitted infection;
• blood transfusion;
• intrauterine infection.

Symptoms and diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

To determine the presence of toxoplasmosis can be on the following, the most common signs:

• increase in body temperature - it keeps at 38 - 38.5 ° C;
• there is weakness and decreased muscle tone;
• muscle pain;
• disorders in the central nervous system;
• headache;
• lack of appetite;
• insomnia;
• chills;
• memory impairment;
• mental disorders, hallucinations, the appearance of fears;
• Sometimes there is a rash, jaundice, an increase in the spleen and liver;
• deterioration of vision - turbidity, strabismus, inflammation of the eyeball;
• an increase in the lymph nodes of the neck;
• pneumonia.

After 2-3 weeks, the symptoms may disappear, as the body develops unstable immunity.

Accurate diagnosis is performed by blood tests. Thus, the level of toxoplasm is determined. If it exceeds the maximum permissible value of the norm, then the disease is confirmed.

Treatment of toxoplasmosis

Naturally, with a positive result of the analysis, the question arises of how to treat toxoplasmosis. Treatment of this disease is possible with medicines and herbs. If you are not a fan of classical medicine, you can deal with the treatment of toxoplasmosis with folk remedies.

Various forms of toxoplasmosis proceed in different ways. However, treatment in all cases should begin immediately. When using folk remedies, the form of the disease, whether acute or chronic, toxoplasmosis, does not matter. Miraculous means against the disease are made from herbs and other plants.

The main means of folk treatment of acute and chronic toxoplasmosis are:

• broth bird cherry;
• infusion of bark of aspen, root of aira and elecampane, leaves of eucalyptus and calendula flowers;
• broth of garlic in milk;
• alcoholic tincture of propolis ;
• infusion of herbs of gold thistle and three-leaved watch with tansy flowers;
• a decoction of camomile chamomile flowers, buckthorn bark , tansy flowers, wormwood grass and gentian root;
• raw pumpkin seeds.

Knowledge of how to treat toxoplasmosis in humans, may not be useful if you carry out its prevention.

Prophylaxis of toxoplasmosis

Infection with toxoplasmosis is especially dangerous in the first trimester of pregnancy, since very often in this case the future child develops with pathologies, and these are not the most terrible consequences of intrauterine infection.

Given this factor, it is especially important for women to prevent toxoplasmosis:

1. Adhere to the rules of hygiene when dealing with pets.
2. Wash hands after cleaning the cat's toilet.
3. Keep track of the degree of food availability.
4. Use contraceptive methods.

Periodic fasting, like fasting with toxoplasmosis, increases the chance of avoiding infection and complications.