http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cat-parasite-toxoplasma-gondii-linked-to-mental-illness-schizophrenia/
>Everyone loves cuddling with kittens. But there can be a little-known danger lurking behind that furry little face and that innocent-sounding meow: a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii).
>T. gondii is the most common parasite in developed nations, according to Schizophrenia Bulletin. The cat-carried parasite can infect any warm-blooded species, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 60 million people in the U.S. may have it.
>Most people never suffer any symptoms at all. But in those with weaker immune systems, infection with T. gondii can cause an illness called toxoplasmosis, which can result in miscarriages, fetal development disorders, weeks of flu-like illness, blindness and even death. It has also been associated with mental disorders including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Now two more studies explore the mental health issues in greater detail.
>E. Fuller Torrey of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and Dr. Robert H. Yolken of Stanley Laboratory of Developmental Neurovirology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the link between infection with T. gondii and schizophrenia for close to three decades.
>Their most recent study, published in Schizophrenia Research, along with researcher Wendy Simmons, compared two previous studies that found a link between childhood cat ownership and the development of schizophrenia later in life with an unpublished survey on mental health from 1982, 10 years before any data on cat ownership and mental illness had been published. Results of the analysis indicated that cat exposure in childhood may be a risk factor for developing mental disorders.
CATFAGS BTFO
>>56700942
Everybody already knew catfags literally have brain parasites. Cats are fucking garbage pets.
Pic related: The true pet for any red-pilled intellectual.
>>56701035
*tips fucking bird*
Literally what are blabbing about?
>>56700942
So with female cat owners it's the whole chicken or egg first thing?
>>56700942
Also this is why anybody who lets their cat roam outdoors should be shot dead along with their fucking cat. It poses a danger to others.
cats are objectively the best pet, you dumbfuck
>>56701248
lmao fuck off you mentally ill schizo
I regularly shoot stray and feral cats. they are a fucking blight
>>56701352
enjoy your rat infestation!
>>56701448
beats being a mentally crazed freak
>>56701500
Are you illiterate?
>Most people never suffer any symptoms at all.
This is some 14th century tier paranoia.
>>56701448
Rats are cute, though.
>>56701035
Parrots are the best, even a little budgie beats a cat by a mile
You dont like my kittycat? :(
>>56701562
Doesn't matter. They are hosts of the disease and spread it to others.
All catfags must be killed.
Never owned a cat,I'm more concerned that I could have gotten toxo aerially because of how many stray cats shit in my childhood backyard
>>56701035
literally fedora the pet
>>56700942
Cats are the limp wristed mans dog.
>>56701824
This is why all stray cats should be shot.
Buy a .22lr and help the cause m8. See one of those fuckers and dink them in the head.
You can get toxoplasma gondii without ever setting eyes on a cat.
Stupid /pol/ being retarded as always.
>>56701448
>Israel
I'm sure there is a joke here somewhere
>>56701790
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :3
Post your cats /pol/, rate others.
Meet Bella.
>>56701883
Since when?
Toxo comes from cat shit.
Also it causes miscarriages and other only if she is infected for the first time during the first trimester of pregnancy.
I know my cat gave me brain parasites. I know because he told me that.
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Seriously, is there a cure?
This is Maya. Her lazy eye is endearing to me.
>highest rate of people with it carriers
>84% of France has it
HOLY MOTHER...
>>56702498
Mepron tablets. They're used to treat latent t. gondii
you need a prescription though, otherwise you'll have to get it from a darknet pharmacy
>>56700942
Is that the same brain parasite that causes homosexuality?
>>56702726
Sure is
Owning anything but a dog is the mark of the subhuman.
>they have developed a vaccin that works lifetime and is used today, for sheep.
Yes!
>>56702717
Darknet? Sorry but I don't socialize with blacks
>>56702726
Prolly. Or it would work in a similar fashion
>>56701035
This and dogs.
Reading up on it it seems you can get it by
Contact with soil
Fruit
Vegetables
Food processing
Food
Water
Cats, dogs, birds cows monkeys other humans even in sex
Organ donations, blood contact, hospitals
Air dust
Sewage
Dirt
Again, 84% of France has it lol
Yeah, as scary has herpes. Shit is already everywhere, what's that? You talking to me? Well fuck you!
![234506-slowpoke_pokemon[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nZofaPo.jpg "234506-slowpoke_pokemon[1].jpg")
this is like a decade long info, holy shit how is it not common knowledge
>>56701035
Bird is masterrace
>>56703732
>birdflu
You know this will happen
Fat neko parasites in my tight brainpussy.
>most cases of infection come from unwashed vegetables
Thread is just an insecure dog owner grasping at straws.
>>56703732
I have a budgie and he's great but you can't exactly cuddle with a bird
cats are cuddle master race
>>56701562
Did a cat touch you when you were a kid or something?
Loving Cats more than God makes you insane. Fitting punishment.
>>56704267
Maybe you should get a cockatiel, they cuddle a lot.
>>56701035
teach it to say: "it's the jews"
>>56703402
>Cats, dogs, birds cows monkeys other humans even in sex
Kill them all.
>>56700942
My cat isn't a fucking retard and shits outside
Inside cats have always seemed disgusting to me
>>56701448
>ISIS
>RA
>ELOHIM
>speaking of parasites
>>56702726
You tell me after watching this lovely Sprawlmart commercial.
https://youtu.be/sOK0bze_p2o
So apparently t. gondii travels through the bloodstream and then settles inside the brain. Does that mean it's there forever? If I remember correctly, the body doesn't have any defense against microorganisms that have managed to enter the brain.
Post your cat.
>>56706675
It's probably a lot like common stds - dormant until the right time comes along.
>>56706804
He has such big teeth anon. Such a big nose. Such a weird cat but he seems so nice. Surely nothing will go wrong if we mix him with the other kittens.
>>56700942
Anyone with a pet is objectively degenerate PROVE ME WRONG
if mommy is preggars and has the parasite, then the baby will have parasite genes!!!!!!!!
I didn't know /pol/ was full of Redditor newfags, as if I couldn't already guess.
>>56707024
I know how you feel, Achmed.
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/gen_info/faqs.html
>Accidentally swallowing the parasite through contact with cat feces that contain Toxoplasma. This might happen by
>cleaning a cat's litter box when the cat has shed Toxoplasma in its feces
>touching or ingesting anything that has come into contact with cat feces that contain Toxoplasma
>accidentally ingesting contaminated soil (e.g., not washing hands after gardening or eating unwashed fruits or vegetables from a garden)
So, unless you are tonguing you cat's asshole, or not washing your hands after fondling cat poop, you're likely not infected.
Oh, you can also get it from undercooked meat.
>>56707184
>gidf detected
like half the planet has it already.
>>56707024
We don't take kindly to Muslims around here.
>>56700942
You are way more likely to get toxoplasma gondii, from eating under cooked meat then from owning a cat.
>>56707184
Dude no, the stuff is IN the litter box. I love my cat and will keep him till he's dead but I'll never get another one.
Thankfully my cat does his biz outside during the summer so the house can be a little cleaner half of the year.
>>56707184
Shit gets everywhere in small quantities, you don't have to be rimming your cat. Unless you're a clean-freak I guarantee you've ingested shit in your life.
>>56707184
>>cleaning a cat's litter box when the cat has shed Toxoplasma in its feces
add to that, a cat will only shed Toxoplasma in its feces for 2 weeks after it has been recently infected. after that it will never shed it again.
>>56700942
JUST LIKE ON THAT EPISODE OF HOUSE
OH MAN AM I IN THE KNOW NOW!?
CAN I BE POPULAR YET!?
ACKNOWLEDGE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>56700942
TL;DR - It's only a problem if you have an abnormal/weak immune system
>>56707572
Slightly more reassuring.
>>56707625
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/toxoplasmas-dark-side-the-link-between-parasite-and-suicide/
>>56706804
>>56702236
How tf do you stop a bird from shitting everywhere or do you just clean up bird shit all the time.
It must cut into your migrant-shit cleaning time.
>>56707748
Read the rest of the thread, most infections come from unwashed vegetables you fitlhy fuck.
>>56708058
you're obviously infected. Im basically not going to chat with a parasite.
>>56707767
What kind of cat is that?
>>56708299
I dont know, got him for free as a kitten. he's a fat fluffy fuck though
>>56708357
I really like the coat on him and the nose. Looks stern though.
>>56708446
He can be, Very protective but playful
best pets have eyebrows
Cats and small/useless dogs (chihuahua, pug, yorkshire) are women's pets. If you have a pair gonads between your lets you either get a real dog or fuck off
>>56707789
They have their favorite places, branches, poles and climbing trees. You can potty train them (which is not easy) or get them their own room. But in general they shouldn't be outside of the cage without supervision, so poop droppings are there, where they're supposed to be. Mine poops exclusively on the newspaper underneath his flight stand.
Cats are bro-tier for cuddling
>>56709744
>brazuca trannies talking about other's people lack of testicles
lmao
>>56700942
you have to basically play in used kitty litter to catch that, most cat owners do not have it
>>56708357
>>56708299
Blue Russian. I use to have one.
If i had a cat and i got the virus can i reverse it by getting a dog?
>>56710336
Modern day Plato.
>>56700942
You'd have to litteraly eat cat poop to get it.
I don't eat cat poop
>it's the current year
>Every human has a cat and is infected
>brain parasites become active
>Take over mind
>humanity enslaved by cats
>tuna for breakfast
>tuna for dinner
>tuna for midnight snack
>Cat overlords demand genocide of disgusting dogs
>dogs go extinct as they are an inferior animal
>eat more tuna
>play will feather toy
>poo in box
Pic related, my master
>>56710890
What a degenerate fantasy
>>56710890
>poo in box
Will Indians be part of the genocide?
>>56711470
Nah they never make it to the box
>>56707184
>accidentally ingesting contaminated soil (e.g., not washing hands after gardening or eating unwashed fruits or vegetables from a garden)
Lol I do this all the time.
Psh.. everyone knows the best pet is a raccoon
>>56700942
>literally reporters blowing something out of proportion AGAIN just to get views.
what even are you fags looking at?
>>56701035
>Birds.
Anon, birds are not that important.
>>56701035
>that bird
Professional shitposter
>>56701352
>I regularly shoot animals for fun
>Calls other people mentally ill
So what's it like being a nigger?
Only ever heard of toxoplasmosis because of trainspotting
