Can I keep pets while pregnant?

Nowadays, people are under increasing pressure in life, and the innocent and lovely personalities of small animals can bring people inner comfort. However, if you find out that you are pregnant, what should you do with the pets that are always by your side, like family members and friends? Can pregnant women keep animals?

Pregnant women are not recommended to keep animals. Nowadays, many families keep small pets, such as cats, dogs and other animals. These animals actually have very human nature and can accompany their owners. However, not all people can keep pets. Some people with allergic constitutions are prone to allergic diseases and are therefore not suitable for keeping pets. Can pregnant women keep animals? No, because cats, dogs, pigeons and other animals have a bacteria called Toxoplasma gondii, and pregnant women are very likely to get toxoplasmosis if they come into contact with pets. Toxoplasmosis, also known as toxoplasmosis, is a zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii. The clinical symptoms of the patients are complicated, and their symptoms and clinical features lack specificity, which can easily lead to misdiagnosis. Latent infection is common in the body, and its risk factor is 10 times greater than that of uninfected pregnant women, affecting eugenics and becoming one of the most serious congenital infections in humans, which has attracted widespread attention.

Pregnant women are not recommended to keep animals, and it is not recommended to have direct contact with pets to avoid affecting the physical and mental health of the fetus.

What are the harms of keeping animals for pregnant women? According to medical experts, some small animals such as cats, dogs, and poultry are parasitic on Toxoplasma gondii. Toxoplasma gondii can cause toxoplasmosis, a disease common to humans and animals; if a pregnant woman is infected, there is about a 30-40% chance that the infection will be passed on to the fetus. Toxoplasma infection is divided into latent and dominant genes. Sometimes, although there are no symptoms for pregnant women, Toxoplasma can infect the fetus through the embryo, causing miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth or various fetal malformations, such as fetal hydrocephalus, brain enlargement, hearing and vision damage, and may also cause infant pneumonia, hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and impaired consciousness. Therefore, pregnant women should avoid pets and it is best not to touch pets during pregnancy.

Knowing the harm of keeping animals for pregnant women, this is to remind everyone that although pets are human companions, not everyone can keep them.