HAY GUYS

Agrias · Jun 4, 2006, 10:37 PM

Sorry dude, you're stuck with them for life.

Toxoplasmosis comes from a cat parasite called Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), a worm that lives in cats. What happens is almost all cats have this parasite/worm in them, in an inactive state. When it poops out eggs (because the parasite lives in the digestive tract), you can get it. And when you do get these eggs, they go around in your system until it turns into (I forgot what it's called) some sort of cyst. Your body makes this cyst around the egg/larva to keep it from harming you, but you're stuck with this forever.

And you've got it in your eye, that sucks. If it'll make you feel better, a good number of people (I think somewhere in the 50% range of the US population) have the same problem. The bad news? If you're female and pregnant when you get toxoplasmosis for the first time, your child's gonna die. And another thing - this'll be what you die from if you ever get AIDS, as the protection from the egg/larva goes away.

Have a nice life

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Agrias · Jun 4, 2006, 11:30 PM

Take Wiki's word over mine, it's been a while since I took a parasitology course.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Agrias · Jun 5, 2006, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by eriol

This thread warns me not too close to kittens. Sigh, I really love cats and kittens, but I guess I should be preventative rather than regret it later.

Btw, is this symptom pervasive in any way?

Like I said, other than mere discomfort (and what looks like skeet in the eye), only two harmful situations arise on a significant basis..

1. AIDS will reactivate these larva and let them kill you

2. if you get this for the first time while you're pregnant and in your 2nd/3rd trimester, you haven't ben able to encyst it yet so your baby's gonna get it with a high percentage of death associated.. it kills babies

other than that, I haven't heard of anything else.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Agrias · Jun 5, 2006, 08:08 AM

Be glad you haven't gotten Loa loa (eyeworm).. those are real nasty. Wiki it if you wanna know.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Agrias · Jun 5, 2006, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by devilmaycry

O_o
Argh... are you one of those verm loving dudes? Irrgh just looking at those pics makes me sick.

Nah, just a self-proclaimed parasitologist. I loved taking those courses back in my college days, and even diagnosed several friends w/ certain parasites. Wanna know more?

I was speaking idiomatically.