Question by pupy220: Our dog was recently diagnosed with Hookworm and we have a 1 month old child?
Our dog was recently diagnosed with Hookworm and we have a 1 month old baby. She hasnt been in contact with this dog and is always in the bedroom. We wash our hands before coming into the room all the time. What is the risk of it affecting her?

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Answer by Denise G
I doubt there is a risk, but I would call your vet.

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Question by Joki: Worms in my 6 month old puppy…Given Interceptor As Treatment?
About 2 weeks ago, my puppy was having a hard time going to the bathroom. At first I thought he might be constipated, but there was a watery discharge, which is a mark of diarrhea. Usually, I would brush this off because my family (unforutnately) tends to feed him food while at dinner (even though I’ve yelled at them 100 times not to, they do it anyway -__-) and I thought that might have been upsetting his stomach, but this time it was weird. Every five minutes, he was running to the door telling me he had to go, only for him to squat for 20 minutes straining to defecate and nothing coming out. Having had him on a de-wormer (Sergeant’s vetscription worm-away – says it treats roundworms) since I got him, and having a bit of a hunch, gave him a pill. Lo and behold, 2 hours later, he poops and there’s wiggling white worms sitting in there.

I did this for two weeks straight (box says to repeat if they are still there after 7 day treatment). Finally, when I think they’re gone, yesterday he tries to go to the bathroom and he’s having a hard time again. What’s worse, there’s blood in his stool! So, now I’m panicking. I call the vet and they tell me to bring in a stool sample. Today they called me and said that he has whipworms…how the heck that happened is beyond me. I’ve had dogs for 15 years and this has never happened. Of course, there is the occasional roundworm incident, but that was a rarity to happen anyway. The thing is, they didn’t look like whipworms…could it have been possible to have both roundworms and whipworms at the same time?

Anyway, the secretary (not the vet…I don’t know if he told her to do this) gave me a pack of 6 Interceptor pills to give once a month to treat the whipworms. Now, I’m kind of scratching my head at this. Once a month sounds ok for a preventative, but as treatment, should’t I be giving it to him everyday for 7 days, or is this medicine incredibly strong? I’m just worried he’s going to get reinvested before a month as passed and then I’m not really fixing anything in the end.

Any vets out there want to help me out or anyone who has had this same situation?

The secretary (come to think of it, she might be a lab tech, but I always see her at the front desk) was aware that my dog had whipworms. I even had talked to her on the phone 10 minutes prior to heading to the vet to pick up the meds. She checked the stool sample results that had been done that day so she was aware of situation.

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Answer by SaveThePits!
This is the correct treatment, I promise. It is a preventitive in that it kills the eggs that are potentially there once a month so they don’t take hold. Think of it this way- if you get an infection you take a dose of antibiotics BUT if you are prone to infections you take a low-dose everyday to prevent it. One is good for prevention, one is good for treatment.

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Question by priscilla: My dog has parasites…If my 2 month baby gets them , what can i do? how can i know if my baby has parasites?

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Answer by Apple Juice
Don’t let the dog around your baby. Do NOT let the dog give you or your baby kisses. My dog had ghiardia when I was pregnant. As long as he doesn’t give you guys kisses you will both be fine. It will be very bad if your baby gets parasites. The parasites are inside of him, and need to get inside of you, if you just pet your dog, they won’t jump out of him and into you, just keep your distance to be safe!

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Question by pinksushi: do you need to feed your dog the heart worm pills every month? What if they are shot from the adoption center?

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Answer by Kelle
Shots are for certain diseases – rabies etc. – NOT heartworm.

Heartworm pills are for heartworms, which strangle the heart and often kill a dog.

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