it turns out these friendly pets have the potential to transmit some diseases that you can not underestimate, especially on the fur.
Although not directly transmit disease, but many types of bacteria attached to cat hair. These bacteria come from the environment, especially if the cat likes to play in dirty places. Quoting alodokter.com, the following diseases can be transmitted through cat hair:
When a cat infected with a parasite toxoplasma licks its feathers, then the parasite can spread to humans who caress the cat's fur. This disease has many symptoms such as high fever, muscle pain, to miscarriage in pregnant women.
This problem is not directly transmitted through cat hair, but through sticky saliva when the cat licks its fur. When a person caresses cat hair, then the allergy can be contagious and cause itchy eyes, flu and even sinus.
Cat Claw Disease. The bartonella hensanae bacteria found in cat's claws is not always transmitted directly through cat scratches, but through bacteria attached to the fur. Nausea, vomiting, flu and pain are the common symptoms of the disease.
Cats that are allowed to play in dirty places will bring along fungi and harmful bacteria. One effect on humans when stroking cat hair is a fungal infection of the skin, or popularly called ringworm
