# Medical problem between human and cat

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 21, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352 "2013-04-21T23:57:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352/1 "2013-04-21T23:57:29Z")

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Not looking for medical advice; I’m seeing a doctor and a vet Tuesday.

I’ve had bronchitis for a couple of weeks. Lots of coughing, no other symptoms. I’ve had it before, so I know it’s bronchitis.

Cat has been sneezing occasionally, no other symptoms.

So . . . could one of us have given it to the other? I have no idea how many health problems can be transmitted cross-species.

Oh, and the other cat is not sneezing. The only difference is that I don’t make contact with her as much as the sneezing one (her choice, not mine).

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352/2 "2013-04-22T00:03:51Z")

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Sorry, should have put this in MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352/3 "2013-04-22T00:09:00Z")

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No - not bronchitis anyway.  
Here’s a guide [Zoonotic Disease](http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/zoonoticdisease.html)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-problem-between-human-and-cat/656352/4 "2013-04-22T02:02:54Z")

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> [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#):
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> No - not bronchitis anyway.  
> Here’s a guide [Zoonotic Disease](http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/zoonoticdisease.html)

Thanks for that. Nothing on that list applies.