Symptoms of toxoplasmosis

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Toxoplasmosis, also known as toxoplasmosis, is a zoonosis caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Most of them are recessive infection in human body. The clinical manifestations of the patients are complex, and the symptoms and signs are lack of specificity. It is easy to cause misdiagnosis, mainly involving the eyes, brain, heart, liver, lymph nodes and so on. After pregnant women are infected, the pathogen can infect the fetus through the placenta, which directly affects the development of the fetus and causes serious deformity. Its risk is 10 times greater than that of uninfected pregnant women and affects eugenics. It has become one of the most serious diseases in human congenital infection, which has attracted extensive attention. The disease is also closely related to AIDS. So what are the symptoms of this disease?

Symptoms of toxoplasmosis

Acquired toxoplasmosis in people with normal immune function: most patients are asymptomatic, about 10% - 20% of them are symptomatic. The main clinical manifestations are fever, general discomfort, sweating at night, muscle pain, sore throat, rash, liver, splenomegaly, systemic lymphadenopathy, etc,

Acquired toxoplasmosis in patients with immune deficiency: congenital and acquired immune deficiency patients are at great risk of Toxoplasma infection, especially the recurrence of potential infection. In this case, the lymph node lesions of acquired toxoplasmosis may not be obvious, and widespread and rapid fatal infection may occur.

It is characterized by high fever, pneumonia, rash, hepatosplenomegaly, myocarditis, myositis, marulitis, and even cerebral toxoplasmosis. Typical cerebral toxoplasmosis starts in subacute way, with headache, hemiplegia, seizures, visual impairment, unconsciousness, and even coma. Fever and meningeal irritation are rare.

matters needing attention

Diet should pay attention to light, more porridge, noodles soup and other easy to digest and absorb food is better.