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Get help preventing toxoplasmosis and protecting your unborn child from this infection

	Toxoplasmosis, an infection passed on by cats, usually isn’t harmful to adults with healthy immune systems, but if you get toxoplasmosis when you're pregnant, it can cause serious health problems for your baby. ConsumerReportsHealth.org can help you prevent and treat toxoplasmosis.
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Consumer Reports Health explains the best and most up-to-date expert research and evidence about preventing and treating toxoplasmosis during pregnancy. Our clear and sound advice helps you and your doctor choose the best treatment options.

Key points about toxoplasmosis during pregnancy

• Toxoplasmosis is caused by a tiny parasite (bug) found in cats’ feces.
• If you touch your mouth with your hands after cleaning a cat's litter box, or after touching anything that has come into contact with cat feces, including soil in your garden, you may get toxoplasmosis.
• Other ways to get toxoplasmosis include eating undercooked meat from infected animals such as sheep, pigs, or deer, and eating unwashed fruits or vegetables from contaminated soil.
• If you are diagnosed with toxoplasmosis while you're pregnant, you will usually be offered drug treatment to help protect your baby.
• If your doctor thinks the infection has passed to your unborn baby, further treatment may be offered to help reduce the effects on the baby.
• Some toxoplasmosis treatments may have serious side effects so you will need to carefully weigh their risks and benefits.

You may not know if you've picked up toxoplasmosis while you're pregnant because it often doesn't cause any symptoms. If you're pregnant and think there's a chance that you may be infected, you can have blood tests to find out for sure. If your doctor thinks that your baby already has toxoplasmosis, medication can be given that can travel to your baby through your blood. This is because unborn babies can't be treated directly in the womb.

Our concise condition report and treatment ratings table will help you and your doctor decide which treatment for toxoplasmosis in pregnancy is right for you. As a Consumer Reports Health subscriber, we'll also help you sort through the best research and the most effective treatments for over 100 conditions and illnesses that may affect you and your family.