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Cat Forum / General Topics / October 2006Human illness from cats
I find myself getting sick at least once every six weeks (just regular sniffles/tiredness etc). I realised last time that I became unwell after my cat sneezed on me. She sits on shoulder/stomache when I amlying on the couch watching TV. Just wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. >I find myself getting sick at least once every six weeks (just regular > sniffles/tiredness etc). I realised last time that I became unwell after [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is > causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. NO You might have allergies if it is at certain intervals >I find myself getting sick at least once every six weeks (just regular >sniffles/tiredness etc). I realised last time that I became unwell after my >cat sneezed on me. >She sits on shoulder/stomache when I amlying on the couch watching TV. Just >wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is >causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. Allergy? There is no known disease that can be caught by a cat sneezing/breathing on you! >I find myself getting sick at least once every six weeks (just regular > sniffles/tiredness etc). I realised last time that I became unwell after [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is > causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. > There is no known disease that can be caught by a cat sneezing/breathing on > you! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is > > causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. Almost all viruses and bacteria of the respiratory tract are unique to the species they inhabit, so humans generally do not get diseases from animals via respiratory tract. Diseases acquired from animals are called zoonoses, and in the case of cats, almost exclusively derive from cat scratch, or cat bite. Cat scratch fever is caused by Bartonella Henselae, which does not exist in humans in any other form than this one. Cat bites can cause Pasteurella Multocida infection, again unique. But cat breath is harmless. Still and all, I wouldn't let one lick an open wound. It would still be the same risk as a cat bite. --tension > There is no known disease that can be caught by a cat sneezing/breathing on > you! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > wondering if this could be a coincidnece or if she has a disesase that is > > causing me to get sick whenever she breathes on me. Sorry, I forgot to add toxoplasmosis, which is acquired most commonly from bad meat, but in rarer cases from the handling of 48 hr. old feces of newly infected kittens, or, very rarely, an adult cat in the midst of a primary infection, which is extremely rare indeed. --tension >There is no known disease that can be caught by a cat sneezing/breathing on >you! But you can have an alergy to the cat. > >There is no known disease that can be caught by a cat sneezing/breathing on > >you! > But you can have an alergy to the cat. This is true, but allergies are not acquired from the cat. The cat did not have allergies and give them to you by sneezing on you. The allergies are a diseases of humans in which their immune systems have a tendency to respond overly enthusiatically to their environment, of which cats are only one small component. But such a *cute* component. --tension >This is true, but allergies are not acquired from the cat. But the allergies are triggered by the cat. (Usually dander.) Obviously. The poster mentioned the cat sneezing and specifically asked about zoonotic diseases. The answer to that question is NO. Not from cat breath. But yes, by allowing the cat to sit on ones chest for several hours, a dander allergy could flare up. No one is debating that. We were simply making sure the original poster was clear that the sneezing of the cat followed by the illness of the owner were not linked. Since, as we all know, cats do not blow dander in their sneezes... >>This is true, but allergies are not acquired from the cat. > But the allergies are triggered by the cat. (Usually dander.) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption > =---- Yes, you can, but being allergic to a cat is far removed from "catching" something from cat breathing on you! I think Tension says it best :-) "Barnabas Collins" <BarnabasCollinsonSF@gmail.com> wrote in message > But you can have an alergy to the cat. Thank you for your input. I am glad to know that my cat is not making me sick. I was hoping that perhaps it was not an allergy, as I have had cats for years and years, but it's only the last 8 years I have found that I have started having breathing problems, an being sick every month or so with a cold, and don't really want to link it to an allergy to cats - but it is looking like I have suddnely developed this allergy. I will need to look into this. >Yes, you can, but being allergic to a cat is far removed from "catching" >something from cat breathing on you! I think Tension says it best :-) > >"Barnabas Collins" <BarnabasCollinsonSF@gmail.com> wrote in message > >> But you can have an alergy to the cat. |
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