Can humans get heart worms?
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Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm (Dirofilaria immitis) that is spread from host to host through the bites of mosquitoes. The heartworm affects dogs, cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and some other animals, such as ferrets, sea lions, and even humans. The parasitic worm is called a "heartworm" because the parasite, in the final reproductive stage of its life cycle, resides in the heart of its host where it can stay for many years and may kill its host through congestive failure of the heart.\n\n\nHuman health considerations\nThe dog heartworm is a negligible public health risk, because it is unusual for humans to become infected. Additionally, human infections usually are of little or no consequence, although rarely an infected human may show signs of respiratory disease. In most cases, however, the heartworm dies shortly after arriving in the human lung, and a nodule, known as a granuloma, forms around the dead worm as it is being killed and absorbed. If an infected person happens to have a chest X-ray at that time, the granuloma may resemble lung cancer on the X-ray and require a biopsy to rule out the life threatening condition. This may well be the most significant medical consequence of human infection by the dog heartworm.\n\nAt one time it was thought that the dog heartworm infected the human eye, with most cases reported from the southeastern United States. However, these cases are now known to be caused by a closely-related parasite of raccoons, Dirofilaria tenuis. Several hundred cases of subcutaneous (under the skin) infections in humans have been reported in Europe, but these are almost always caused by another closely-related parasite, Dirofilaria repens, rather than the dog heartworm.
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Pinworm that infects more than 400,000,000 people throughout the world. Pinworms are highly contagious! The eggs are infective within a few hours of being laid, and they are deposited directly on the perianal skin.  Bed linens, clothing, carpets, etc., can be contaminated with eggs.  The infected person's hands will, invariable, be contaminated with eggs, providing a route for reinfection and egg dispersal (even into the classroom).  It is for this reason that if one member of a family is infected for pinworms, the whole family is treated.
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Tapeworms help you lose weight.
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Yes, a worm, a squid, and also an octopus all have three hearts.
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yes...  they come from filth and are contagious...  they are mites that get under the skin....
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Could be. Chimps are able to get infected and not get sick. At one time in their evolutionary process they probably had the same fate as humans do now.
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Maybe he's got worms again.
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I am not a doctor, but I will soon be going to school for nursing and it sounds like to me it may be ring worm. It isnt anything very serious, just call your docs office and schedule an appointment and they can give a cream or antibiotics.
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Millions of people are infected by the parasites worms worldwide. Parasites can enter our bodies through food, water, mosquito bites, or through the nose and skin. More than 100 types of parasites worms can be living happily in human bodies. Some are big in size that can be seen by eyes, while the others are microscopic in size. Only about 5 percent of these varieties can be tested positively with only 20 percent accuracy. \n\nParasites worms find a perfectly living environment when the bowel becomes ineffective in the elimination of the waste products due to constipation. \n\nParasites may be categorized into four types: Protozoa, Trematoda, Cestoda, and Nematoda. Nematodes include common roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, pinworm, heart worm, etc.
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omg- this is such a complex thing. i just took a parasite class and we talked about nothing but worms and amoebas. worms normally enter through digestion and then burrow their heads between villi. then it grows and matures and deposits eggs through feces. some worms use proglottids, some drop eggs directly into intestines. the eggs are then released out of the anus and ready for another host or vector. some worms end up going though the lamina propria in intestines and getting into hepatic duct and getting into the blood stream. worms can then get into the heart or even encyst in muscle and crippling the muscle if enough get in there. the trichino worm gets into arm muscles and enough render the arm useless.
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Hi, \n\n  Its possible. They live in your intestine and use the nutrition that you eat to live. They can cause the symptoms that you described. She did give you the right medicine to treat you. Worms are more of an occurrence that happen to small children that play outside in the dirt and put their hands in their mouth before washing them. I think you'll be fine.
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Where are the worms at? If they are on your feet you may have picked them up in the yard. If there are "rings" on your face, arms, legs, stomach or back it's where you have been. Got a friend with pets? That may be the source; got pets yourself then they may have them too. Antifungal creams otc or see your doctor for medication. Ring worms come from pets not being de-wormed and sleeping in or on your bed.If you go bare foot out side you can get them. If your cat had ring worm, it may have places on it's skin that are broke out, and hairless. Dogs can have them too. Since animals clean their buts with their tongues, if they have not been de-wormed and they lick you, you can "catch" ring worms from them. If you have pets keep an eye on them. Keep liter box(s) clean. Outdoor pets can bring them in from comtaminated soil outside too. If you have pets check with your vet.You will both need meds to get rid of them. Note if your cat or dog drags it's but on the carpet it may be a sign of worms. The worms are left on the carpet; you step on the carpet or lay on it and the worms can enter a nick in your skin, others burrow in. But dragging can also be a sign of clogged anal glands on your pet too. The vet can help you with either for your   pet(s).
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you probably need to be wormed
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Yes , eating mutton or lamb will cause heart diseases. it is true
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Corpse, cadaver, worm food
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well, depends, i have a heart condition and i cant get heart attacks from a simple scare, my heart might beat faster and harder, but thats for everyone else.  I do know someone who if you do scare him, he would have to be rushed to a hospital because his heart would almost fail.  So yes and no, only under the circumstances.
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1 yes\n2 yes 3 cats and no the havent been\n3 all animals can get it, I believe, however its more common in dogs\n4 Yes\n5 a person? no\n6 false\n\nI am 29 for real!