Please Help, I Think I May Have Caught Some Kind If Worm?
okay im here visiting my cousin’s house and their dog has heartworms. since today, everytime i’ve touched him i wash my hands really good. earlier i put him in his cage and fell asleep in front of the tv and i woke up to find the dog all over my arm. i have no idea how he got out. so i put him back in the cage and i sat down and my stomach started to feel funny like i had ate some bad food or something(I had a sprite before i fell asleep). And then i sware i thought i could feel something in my throat and when i swallowed it wouldn’t really go down. im also aware that worms can be spread through mosquitoes and i have recently gotten a mosquito bite on my face… i don’t really know the symptoms or anything, maybe im just goin crazy. but can someone please tell me if this sounds like i may have caught some kind of worm?
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I’m cutting and pasting some Heartworm info for you and including the link in the sources section:
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“Can people get heartworm disease from a mosquito bite?
Yes, it is possible. Fortunately, people are not natural hosts for heartworms. However, a few people are susceptible enough for the larvae (usually only one) to grow and migrate to their heart and lung arteries. In this case, the larvae usually die before they get old enough to produce microfilariae. The worms die slowly, and as they are dying, the person’s body produces a wall around the worm. Most people (over 50%) infected with a heartworm or two never have symptoms, but some people (33%) will have chest pains, some (20%) will have a cough, and fewer (15%) will have a fever. Only about 1% will have the severe signs of spitting up blood or difficulty in breathing. Most people that are diagnosed with heartworms are “smokers.” When the physician sees the white spot (called a “coin lesion”) on the chest X-Ray, they don’t want to take the risk that it is a primary lung cancer, so they do painful surgery to remove the affected lung tissue, only to find a dying worm. Unfortunately, there is no reliable diagnostic test for heartworm in humans.
Can children get heartworm disease by playing with and being licked by a dog with heartworm disease?
No. Heartworm disease is transmitted only by the bite of a mosquito that is carrying the infective stage of the parasite.”
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Hope this helps…
to be certain, if you feel that strong about it..go see a Dr,,have test run..I think you have in deep on your mind, now its playing tricks on you..but theres nothing wrong with being certain..see a Dr…
Stop worrying. Your human- not a dog you can’t catch heartworms.
doctor time. why would u even bother with yahoo. if you think u have a feaking worm call a doctor!
you are going crazy…go see a Dr if u want but hes gona tell you to not worry