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If youto have a cat, you probably already know that a purring companion can make the perfect animal. Little maintenance, majestic and often very funny, a feline friend could beJust what the doctor prescribed If you need a little additional love in your life. But experts warn that your cat's hugs - and even have a litter in your home - can have unpleasant consequences. In fact, cats can spreadA range of diseases, often, while not showing any symptoms of infection themselves, warns the centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read the rest for five of the most common diseases you can catch your cat and how to protect yourself from getting sick.

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Cats can become infected with scratch disease by cats by exposure to fleas and ticks, and can transmit it by biting, scratching or licking you.CDC estimates That up to half of all cats are exposed to scratch disease during their lifetime, but only a small minority of infected cats will have symptoms. These may include vomiting, swollen lymph nodes, fatigue or loss of appetite.

Humans who contract cat fever of their petscan notice blisters or bumps on the site of their scratch or their bite. Other symptoms may include swollen lymph nodes, fever, eye infection, muscle pain, etc., says CDC.

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Many cats contain parasites such as heritage, ringworm, tenia and round worm, and can easily transmit them to their guards by direct contact, or by contact with their excrement during litter changes.

Although the symptoms vary in humans depending on the type of parasite, the possible symptoms include a red line and wave under the skin (ankylostomas), a rash in the shape of a ring (tinche), seeing segments of the parasite In your excrement (Ténia), or symptoms that affect the eyes and organs (round green).

The best way to protect yourself from parasites is to regularly bring your cat to the veterinarian for projections, wash your hands after caressing or play with your cat and limit exposure to your cat's litter. The CDC also recommends regularly disinfecting your floors and not walking barefoot in your home.

Sarm is short forStaphylococcus aureus resistant meticillin, a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria that are on the skin and in the nose of infected animals and humans. You can contract your cat's STM while caressing them, even if your cat does not seem to be sick.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Likewise, many people with STMs have no symptoms. However, some people with Sarm can developa serious dermatological infection This can appear as a red bump, swollen and filled with pus on the skin. A small part of the patients with STM experience fatal complications when bacteria spread to their lungs or their blood circulation.

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Salmonella Infections are most often distributedcontaminated food, but can also be transmitted from animals to humans and from one person to another. Your cat can be infected if it eats raw food foods, contaminated foods for cats or if they eat an infected bird, a rodent or another animal.

While cats generally do not have symptoms ofSalmonellaPoisoning, you can notice unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms if you are infected. According to the CDC, symptoms may include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps, which most often develop between six hours and four days after infection and persist up to a week. Although you can recover without treatment, many doctors recommend treating a case ofSalmonella Infection by antibiotics.

Toxoplasmosis is another good reason to practice caution with regard to your cat's litter. "Cats are infected with the consumption of infected rodents, birds or other small animals," said the CDC. "The parasite then embarks on cat excrement, contaminating the cat's environment or litter."

Pregnant women and people with autoimmune diseases run the most at risk of developing serious complications of toxoplasmosis. In serious cases, it can cause cerebral diseases or congenital malformations, although most people with toxoplasmosis feel light and pseudo-grippal symptoms.

Talk to your doctor if you have a cat at home and believe that you can show signs of animal -related disease.

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