The fear is in the mind, the poor Spider is completely innocent.

2010-03-09T22:52:00.000-08:00

Now it is again: Sympathetic creepy-crawlies come into the house to warm up. They spread fear and terror among ''spider hater'' humously and leave ugly stains on the wall.

Before your contemporaries, the next eight-legged with the slippers helps the rebirth of fear in your mind. In a small part of the brain, the amygdala, t contributes to solve specific external stimuli from within a third of a second strong emotions. The body is put into higher state of alert. Noradrinalin and epinephrine are released, so that the muscle tension increases and increases the heart rate. The body prepares for fight or flight. Such reactions are referred to as stress:

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Calculated that the small spiders are able to trigger such reactions at comparatively gigantic man, has evolutionary causes. Even young monkeys are afraid of spiders and beetles. The reservation against the creatures seem to be genetically predisposed. He is to hold them in primates, insects indiscriminately cram into his mouth, because that might indeed be toxic. "Ugh spider!" So an ancient way alert program that can be eased slightly in the normal case of habituation. Despite suffering about 10 percent of arachnophobia INFECTED people worldwide, those people that get triggered in the amygdala stressful situations get out of control and there is panic attacks. These are called phobias and anxiety disorders should be treated.

For the rest of humankind is simple: the unknown species of spiders do not eat better, but hold on to dear little legs and keep people under their noses. This strengthens the circulation and releases endorphins.

Toxoplasmosis - Symptoms and Transmission

2010-03-07T11:41:00.000-08:00

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic infection that can lead to death. early recognition of disease can stop and prevent spreading. In general, the disease is not transmitted from person to person.

Toxoplasmosis is a disease, which for example can be transmitted from cats. The contact with the excretions of pet can lead to an infection with the pathogen However, the infection breaks out only rarely.

Symptoms of Toxoplasmosis
Symptoms of infection with toxoplasmosis may be dizziness and seizures. They are caused by cysts in the brain or central nervous system, can bring about the failures of various kinds. The cysts remain even after a successful treatment in the body, but that is not enough. The agents remain in the cysts, this is where the concern lies.
A transmission from person to person may be made in case of an infection during pregnancy. Toxoplasmosis can then lead to serious complications or malformations in the fetus.
Infection with Toxoplasma
The causative agent of toxoplasmosis is found not only in the faeces of cats, including raw meat may be the source of infection. For this reason, one should not consume uncooked meat in large quantities, and especially during pregnancy . In addition to toxoplasmosis, it can also lead to other diseases such as Salmonella or other transmitted bacteria. The mere touch of carriers of the pathogens is not sufficient for infection. You have to penetrate through the mucous membranes or wounds in the body to cause damage.
A precaution, especially if one has a lot to do with cats, is especially washing hands after emptying the litter box. Thus, as with many other pathogens e.g. (Flu) are also ruled out that they are unintentionally added. For more information on toxoplasmosis exists in this fact sheet on the NHS site.

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Medicine at a Glance

The fear is in the mind, the poor Spider is completely innocent.

Toxoplasmosis - Symptoms and Transmission