Question 1

how is toxoplasmosis treated?

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Medication: This condition can be treated with a few different medications. Key is confirming the diagnosis before embarking onto medications. This article may help answer your questions.

http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis/

Question 2

is toxoplasmosis curable?

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Toxoplasmosis: There are medications, often a combination, that is given when someone has contracted the infection, and has symptoms.  Some have such mild infections that treatment is not needed.

Question 3

can toxoplasmosis be fatal?

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Yes.: For most healthy people, toxoplasmosis is not fatal - in fact, 80-90% of healthy people don't ever get symptoms of the disease.  However, if you are pregnant or are immunocompromised (aids), you are at risk from complications including death.  That being said, death from toxoplasmosis here in the U.S. Is still uncommon (about 750 people die each year that we know of).

Question 4

can toxoplasmosis live on the carpet?

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Possibly: It lives in dirt/dust/soil.  If your carpet is full of that, then yes.

Question 5

is toxoplasmosis (even latent) curable?

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Yes: If you are a generally healthy person in most cases there is no treatment necessary for toxoplasmosis unless your symptoms are severe or very persistent. When treatment is chosen pyrimethamine combined with either sulfadiazine or clindamycin is prescribed. Folinic acid is also prescribed to help prevent side effects from pyrimethamine. Best of luck with your health!

Question 6

can toxoplasmosis be contracted rainwater?

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Not unless infected: Rain water can not pass toxoplasmosis to any one except if it is collected and gets contaminated with cats feces, which is very very unlikely.

Question 7

can you get toxoplasmosis from lake water?

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Potentially: Toxoplasmosis can come from animals and if there are animals in the lake then it can become contaminated
You have to swallow the lake water that contains the Oocysts (contaminants) in order to become infected
here is a link for toxoplasmosis
http://www.healthline.com/health/toxoplasmosis#Overview1

Question 8

can toxoplasmosis be contracted at a barber shop?

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Not likely: It is not likely to get toxoplasmosis from barber shop.

Question 9

can a man get infected with toxoplasmosis from his cat?

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Yes: Especially if his immune system is compromised.

Question 10

is there a chance i got toxoplasmosis from a ball park frank?

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Very little: Our manufacturing processes are clean enough to ensure clean ball park franks.

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