I don't know the answer Cath, but i do remember my brother-in-law, who is a vet, once suggesting that Clamidia IS transferrable from animals to humans.
i would have thought handwashing after handling a cat infected with this would be enough, but do not know.
We love cats, as do my in-laws. My father-in-law is currently being treated for cancer and being given regular cycles of chemotherapy, so with the doses being higher than that given for lupus, i would imagine he is far, far more immunosuppressed than your usual lupus patient.
However, he has just ben hospitalised with multiple infections, one of which resulted from his well immunised and pampered cat giving him a little scratch.
I suppose it all depends on just how immunosuppressed you are, and it is an interesting question.
i would have thought handwashing after handling a cat infected with this would be enough, but do not know.
We love cats, as do my in-laws. My father-in-law is currently being treated for cancer and being given regular cycles of chemotherapy, so with the doses being higher than that given for lupus, i would imagine he is far, far more immunosuppressed than your usual lupus patient.
However, he has just ben hospitalised with multiple infections, one of which resulted from his well immunised and pampered cat giving him a little scratch.
I suppose it all depends on just how immunosuppressed you are, and it is an interesting question.
