Question which I would like to lay to rest for me

[Hobbermittens]

I don't know about swaying, but it is dangerous to be pregnant with toxoplasmosis! It can really hurt the baby. One member on here, I remember, tested positive during her pregnancy, and had a boy, and luckily he was a healthy baby. Don't know how long she had the infection, though.

[Pangea]

From what I understand, the early phase of latent infection sways boy. The more recently you have been infected, the more chance you have of having a boy. I read something recently that said that eventually the sex ratio goes back to being 50/50 after you have been infected for a long time, so that's why countries like France where a high proportion of the population is infected don't have skewed sex ratios.

I know 2 women who contracted toxoplasmosis in childhood, one has 2 boys and a girl, the other has one girl.

I would like to know if I am infected as I get very paranoid about it when I'm pregnant. I organised a test once but chickened out at the last minute. I was afraid it would say I wasn't infected and that would increase my paranoia about contracting it during pregnancy. I've since read more about it and the effects it can have on personality, so now I wouldn't like to find out that I'm infected. I've had cats and I love rare meat so there is a good chance that I am.

[harleyquinn]

I"m going to ask for the titre just out of curiousity. Does anyone know if toxoplasmosis is the same thing as "cat scratch fever"?

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

Good question. My sister had that when she was little.

[ThreeMenAndALAdy]

And she has a son. Not sure if there's any connection there.

[harleyquinn]

I looked up cat scratch fever. It looks to be different

Diseases: Cat Scratch | CDC Healthy Pets Healthy People

[harleyquinn]

And I've had that for sure LOL...it was my armpit got a huge lump. My mom was cat rescue in Hawaii growing up

[shiningstar]

This is probably way different.. but would having a tick borne illness be similar? I had Lyme Disease and still have the antibodies. Does that sway?

[atomic sagebrush]

I"m going to ask for the titre just out of curiousity. Does anyone know if toxoplasmosis is the same thing as "cat scratch fever"?

no totally different

[atomic sagebrush]

This is probably way different.. but would having a tick borne illness be similar? I had Lyme Disease and still have the antibodies. Does that sway?

possibly. i couldn't find anything on it but some diseases do sway.