You may also develop a severe toxoplasmic pneumonia, with fever, shortness of breath and cough. Some babies who are already affected with toxoplasmosis show evidence of infection. This is proved by presence of severe eye infection as well as swollen liver or spleen or even yellow skin. Some of these babies live a very short life. Those who survive may have severe visual impairment, delayed development, mental retardation or seizures.
Some babies seem healthy at birth but later the infection shows presence.
This is prooved by the detected presence of utero infection, including hearing impairment, fluid accumulation in the brain, seizures, learning disabilities or mental retardation. The vast majority of people exposed to T. gondii have no symptoms.