Many people think that one of the most wonderful and exciting things about life is owning a pet. This makes pets play an important role in our lives. However, while pregnant, pets can be a potential danger causing many problems for you.
Keeping a pet during pregnancy is not a matter of choice, but you should take steps to ensure that the pet doesn't interfere with your pregnancy.
Cats and other animals can carry bacteria in their feces. This can harm an unborn baby (especially during the first trimester). Your risk of infection increases if you have a free cat. However, if you have been keeping your cat for a while, you may be immune to a catworm infection (as you may have been infected before). Before you become pregnant, you should go to the hospital to check if you are infected.
The most important thing is that pregnant women are likely to be infected with toxoplasma gondii - a type of spore that lives in the intestine of a cat - when placing the cat in the same bed, sitting in the same chair or simply when you petting it. This parasite makes it easier for the mother to miscarriage or the fetus to become deformed.
You are at higher risk if you let your pet go for a walk. When pets are infected with the bacteria, they can cause complications during your pregnancy. Here are the most common complications you may experience:
Cat scratch disease . This disease can affect the brain, eyes, heart or other internal organs. This complication requires intensive treatments and is more likely to weaken the child's immune system;
Rabies. This is a viral disease, usually transmitted by the bite of an animal with rabies. Rabies viruses damage the central nervous system and brain. Symptoms of rabies include fever, headache, illness and irritability. Rabies can be fatal within a few days of being infected with the virus.
Keeping a pet during pregnancy can cause many problems for your pregnancy. Dogs or cats are both close pets, but if you don't pay attention, you can easily get cat scratch disease or rabies. This can seriously affect the unborn baby. If you have these animals at home, you should go to the hospital regularly to check your health and the baby's health. The safest way is to temporarily send pets to another home during pregnancy.
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