Posted by stjames on December 7, 2003, at 15:38:11
In reply to Re: BACTERIA AND OCD. Comments pls., posted by stjames on December 7, 2003, at 15:27:04
Opps, I was reviewing the info on toxo as I have not known anyone with it in a decade, & I was a little off:
The toxo parasite is very common in cat feces, raw meat, raw vegetables, and the soil. It can get into your body when you breathe in dust.Up to 50% of the population is infected with toxo. A healthy immune system will keep toxo from causing any disease. It does not seem to spread from person to person.
The most common illness caused by toxo is an infection of the brain (encephalitis).Toxo can also infect other parts of the body. Toxo can lead to coma and death. The risk of toxo is highest when your T-cell (CD4+) counts are below 100.
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So it follows the SOP for a parasite life cycle
& most hosts are carriers but not effected. So, it is not to sole cause of OCD, as OCT does not have an insidence of 50%.
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