Question which I would like to lay to rest for me

[harleyquinn]

OK on the "other site" years ago, I asked if LATENT toxoplasmosis (meaning you picked it up somewhre down the line but never had full blown symptoms but carry the anitbodies) swayed boy. The response I got was something like this:

sways boys if you have it but not if you already had it.

SO I tried to find the answer on my own. And I haven't found one ~really~. I know I have had this exposure to toxo

If yoiu could read the following 2 studies abstract and just tell me what you think based on that, or what you think otherwise.

Women infected with parasite Toxoplasma ... [Naturwissenschaften. 2007] - PubMed - NCBI

and

Influence of latent toxoplasmosis on the second... [Parasitology. 2007] - PubMed - NCBI

[The Anchor]

Yikes, I can't decipher it! bumping for you...

[harleyquinn]

LOL...I know. What is fact is that if you have it, there is huge percentage of boys but I don't know if you were exposed 20 years ago, matters or not.

I read this on my FB this morning via National Geographic so I wondered about sex ratio again, because there are other links to psychiatric condtions and other stuff with toxo : How a Cat-Born Parasite Infects Humans

[Rosie85]

So I have boys because I had cats? Because I have heard a lot of cat owners get the toxoplasmosis without knowing it.

[harleyquinn]

Rosie...I don't want to alarm anyone because in my mind its more of the feral cats that eat rats in warm climates type thing, so hungry they scavenge, ykwim?

[atomic sagebrush]

I think there is something to it.

toxoplasmosis has been shown to alter personality and behavior in humans and animals

will have to go in more detail when I got desktop computer back

[Dreamofpink]

How do we know if we've had it? I've had 3 cats over the last 20 years and have had 2 live with us since before having kids. We don't use litter trays though.

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[atomic sagebrush]

most cases do not even come from cats
you can also get it from rare meat and garden veg

even just from dirt

they can do a titre on you but there is no treatment if you had it years ago

[Dreamofpink]

I guess there's no point in worrying about it anyway, but interesting nonetheless. There's nothing we can do about it if we have had it in the past. Does it potentially sway blue if it's a current or recent infection?

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[harleyquinn]

Thats what I am wondering too DreamofPink...all I can figure out is its current they YES but what about a while ago. Surely after time the antibodies would decrease?? IDK