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DownvoteDaemon t1_iye3ygy wrote

Reply to comment by longesteveryeahboy in 'Mind control' by parasites influences wolf-pack dynamics in Yellowstone National Park | CNN by irkli

Really? What are the psychological effects?

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longesteveryeahboy t1_iye4o4b wrote

It’s not super well known, but it has been associated with schizophrenia and suicide. It’s also associated with being more likely to partake in risky behavior. Lots of interesting stuff, but definitely a lot of work is needed to fully understand.

That being said these are just associations. Almost a third of the human population has toxo, and obviously a third of humans don’t have schizophrenia. So not something to panic about if you are infected

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professorDissociate t1_iyed2gn wrote

> almost a third of the human population…

Dude, what the fuck?

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shaka893P t1_iyejzay wrote

Most cats have it, if you have a cat, you most likely have it. Of you get it while pregnant you can have a bigger risk of miscarriage, but if you already have it and get pregnant you don't have the higher risk

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professorDissociate t1_iyek6ev wrote

I just don’t like the idea of little worms swimming around in my organs, okay? They aren’t welcome in there.

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shaka893P t1_iyekfi8 wrote

You need a lot of these things, for example, all humans always have e coli in their guts helps us digest food and we would die without them. We have more bacteria than human cells in us, and that's ok, it's how we evolved.

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professorDissociate t1_iyel8j4 wrote

I’m okay with them in my gut, I guess. I eat food, then they eat my chewed up food, then they shit out good nutrition and I digest the worm shit. That’s a-okay in my book. But little worms just swimming around for fuck-all’s sake, no thank you.

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shaka893P t1_iyelgin wrote

I mean, we also have thousands of mites in our eyelids/lashes/brows ... All humans do

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hazpat t1_iyf64gs wrote

These things? You are lumping symbiotic bacteria with parasitic organisms as if microscopic size make them similar. That's like saying pet elephants ate cool because cats are cool. Two totaly different "things"

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Oodleaf t1_iyfb9p3 wrote

An elephant the size of a cat would be cool AF to be honest

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longesteveryeahboy t1_iyeqqux wrote

Depends on how clean you are when you scoop litter haha

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shaka893P t1_iyeqvk4 wrote

Not really, cats lick their butt, then themselves, then you and you pet them ... You can't get away if they have it

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longesteveryeahboy t1_iyer3xz wrote

Yeah was joking more than anything. But I do know someone who fosters cats that actually is negative for toxo!

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shaka893P t1_iyer9hy wrote

Dang, they're lucky!!! But not all cats have it, so they might just have very healthy cats

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statslady23 t1_iyetcnb wrote

People with three or more cats are much more likely to have toxoplasmosis. I always wondered if that then made them want to collect more cats (toxo mites grow in cat stomachs). Crazy cat ladies may just be toxo bots.

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