[ComputerGuy]

I'm not surprised by the connection between cats and schizophrenia. Cat lovers are weird; take me for example.

On a more serious note: I had Cat Scratch Fever in the late '80s. It was awful, and I'm not sure I've ever completely recovered from it.

[chris37]

There was an episode of Monsters Inside Me in which a woman’s cat had scratched her on the chest and transmitted a worm that was on the claw to her.

I think it was a round worm of some sort, but it was incapable of penetrating deeper, so it actually grew under her skin on her chest over about a month or so.

She said after a couple weeks it took on a distinctly serpentine shape and eventually started moving under her skin where she could clearly see that it was alive. It was a good size too about 10 inches long or so if I recall correctly.

She had it removed with no further complication, but GEEZ!

[nomad]

Did you get it from some kitty next door? But you went to the Doctor and he gave you the cure, you didn`t get it some more?

Don`t worry, Ted understands.

[cotton]

I caught aquarium granuloma from my tropical fish. Took 4 months to diagnose and a year to cure!