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Should i really worry about getting worms from my dog?

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My friends dog has round worms. It pooed them all over my floor. should i now be freaking out about getting them? and will the same thing happen to me? i dont want to poop out a whole lot of worms… that makes me lose sleep. and should i immediately assume my dog has them and treat it with wormer without any signs of infection? will that hurt my dog? any help is appreciated.

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10 Responses to "Should i really worry about getting worms from my dog?"

  • badgirl41 says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Go ahead and worm your dog. When a dog has roundworms or even hookworms they leave eggs. In order to kill the eggs use clorox bleach on the spots where the dog has gone. You can get worms from your dog, but if you are careful and do not play in the poop you will be fine. clorox your hands after disposing of the worms . ALL dogs and puppies get worms and have to be wormed on a regular basis.

  • Jax says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Hectic questionn bru, but ja I think you should be worried about getting worms man, be careful you don’t want an itchy butt! Ha ha ha

  • mariefel q says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    cure the dog or consult a veterinarian for protection from worms

  • Lola says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Wormer medication is toxic and should not be given to a dog without a need for it. Take a stool sample from your dog to the vets and have it checked for worms. Chances are you won’t catch them from your dog. Your friend needs to worm his dog though.

  • kitkat1640 says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    The dog probably has worms from fleas. You can’t get worms that way. Call a Vet and get some worm medicine. I asked this of one Vet because I have 3 children and she told me the chances of my children getting them was extremely rare unless they ate a flea egg. ( Yes, she actually said that)

  • popeye says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    A dog should be dewormed every month as per dose pescribed by you vet. that’s what I do. Dont wait for signs of the infection to show ( like your dog starts eating grass and shows no appetite for its regular diet). A regular deworming cycle keeps infections at bay by killing eggs and larve before they become fully grown and produce hundreds of more eggs.
    But be sure to get the dose prescribed by your vet according to the size and age of your dog because anything on the higher side can harm the liver which will affect the overall health of your dog.

  • cattledog_vinnie says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    unless you handled the poop with your bare hands and then put your hands in your mouth, no worry that you are going to get them. as long as your friend is treating her dog for the worms with the correct wormer, great. now do the two dogs live together? if not then no worry that you have to treat your dog, unless they came from the same place at the same time. now if you have your dog on heart worm prevention and your friend does too, then the dog wouldn’t have round worms. round worms don’t effect humans in the same way as they do dogs and cats, so you wouldn’t be poop’n them out!!! since the dog pooped on your floor, treat with a bleach and H2O solution and that will kill all. good luck

  • RunSueRun says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    How disguisting…

  • Jess says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    As long as your not eating your dogs poo, I wouldnt be too concerned. Most worms are tansmitted fecal oral route…aka…eating poo. Wash your hands good….and take the dog to a Vet and bring a sample of his stool with you for testing! They will most likely deworm him (maybe a few times, depending on what type of worms he has) Most animals get worms at some point, usually as puppies and kittens…if I were you, I wouldnt be so worried!

  • Science nerd says:
    July 11, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    First off, I suggest your friend take the dog in to get dewormed. It is easy to get rid of roundworms in the intestine. Just give any oral wormer effective against roundworms which a vet can perscribe. The treatment will have to last a while to make sure the system is completely clear. In the mean time, any place the dog favors in the house needs to be thoughly cleaned to rid the house of the eggs or else, as soon as the dog is off the meds, he will be reinfected. Your friend’s best bet to to have a cleaner come in and clean the carpets, he should be new food and get new food dishes for the dog.
    Ok, now on to you. First off, these round worms are host specific to animals (dogs, cats, mice) and will have a hard time figuring out how to do the normal life cycle in you. I don’t know how long the dog has had worms but if he is loosing lots of them in defications, then I’m going to presume his infection is pretty big. Not to scare you, but in humans:

    Once the embryonated roundworm egg reaches the intestine of the human it hatches and the larva penetrates the intestine wall. From there it gains entry into the blood stream and may end up just about anywhere in the body including vital organs such as the eye, brain, liver, kidneys, heart wall, lungs, etc. Since humans are an unnatural host for the roundworm larva, their body reacts and walls off the larva in little granuloma’s (similar to what occurs in adult dogs and cats). These granuloma’s may cause sudden dysfunction of any of these organs resulting in illness. The most often diagnosed illness is loss of sight in one eye. The roundworm larva is trapped in the optic disk behind the retina of the eye and a granuloma forms.

    Ok, now I know you are going to say you don’t eat the dogs fecies, etc. but what about . . . Have you pet the dog and then gone to make a sandwich and eaten it? If the worms are on the dog’s bedding, there eggs could be in the dog’s hair which you just pet, so now they are on your hands, and, oh look, now they are on your sandwich and you get the idea. So while you may not be directly eating the dog’s fecies, it could still be a problem. I suggest both you and your friend go to a doctor and get checked out as well as anyone else you may have played in the yard where the dog poops, played with the dog, etc.

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