exposed to rodents

[PEEB]

has anyone everbeen, or ever heard of a human antibody picked up from exposure to rodent droppings? after a year of repeat blood test, bhcg, ca-125, etc. and half a dozed ultrasounds, learned i have been exposed to rodent droppings at work, and has been effecting all my test results. glad to learn i am healthy, but am told once you pick up this antibody it's with you forever. i wonder how many women
being treated for elevated ca125 and do not have cancer at all? has anyone out there experienced this or heard of this before? thank you

[wouldhelptoknow]

Someone  answer as soon as possible:  This happened two week ago,
I got into my friends truck, his brother had given him.  I opened the glove department where I saw a lot of quarter, wow, I said, then I looked closer only to see rat droppings, "Oh my God, this is terrible I said, your going to be sick"  The response was this:  "You are exaggerating"  "I am from the country and am tough", we don't get sick like that!.  I have allergic rhitinus, however, always feel great and have few attacks.  I covered my mouth and got out and shook my head at him and he shook his head at me for being so riduculous?  Please comment, then I will relay the information to him.  Its not me?, you see.  That's what I'll tell him.  Waiting and I will be checking in.  Thank you

[MickeyVicki]

Oh, yes,  this sort of "infection" is quite common even in this day and age of pest control and good personal hygiene.  We humans typically harbor a small host of antibodies that we develop in response to viruses that we get from all kinds of animals, including household pets like dogs and cats.    The usual response to the exposure is to develop an illness that one might confuse with a respiratory infection, a  bout of the flu, or perhaps a "24 hour virus."  A person with a normal, healthy immune system  recovers, but will  often carry for years the antibodies developed in response to the illness.  The only time these issues make the news is when a particularly virulent disease, such as the rodent-borne Hantaviruses, kill several people within a small locale and a short time duration.

Substantial titer in response to pathogen exposure is one of the many reasons for elevated CA-125 test results.   And thus the reason that doctors confirm any suspected cancers with other bloodtests, imaging, and preferably, biopsy.