Diseases of dogs that can be dangerous to humans

Diseases of pets and ways to deal with them.
Every person who is going to have a pet is to understand that there are diseases that are transmitted from the dog or cat to the person. Therefore, you need to know what infections can be picked up from the pet and take appropriate measures so as not to get sick.

How can I get infected?

Be sure to take into account the sources of the disease, and avoid them in the future.

List of diseases

We will cite several diseases, which usually affect animals, but they are also dangerous for humans.

  1. Rabies. The disease is caused by a particular virus and transmitted with saliva, which can get on the damaged tissue after an animal's bite or if you have scratches and abrasions on the body. Any animal can get sick completely, and the scenario is likely that the owner can get infected from his own dog.
    • After infection, the nervous system is attacked, which manifests itself in the form of aggressiveness, impaired coordination and paralysis. At the last stages, there is photophobia and fear of water, after which death inevitably occurs.
    • The only way to prevent infection is vaccination, which is carried out every year. But that your dog does not become a source of the disease, it is necessary to take the following measures: timely vaccinations to pets; Avoid all contact with wild animals and regularly destroy rodents in their homes.
  2. Helminthiasis or, more simply, worms. They are caused by worms, which can live for a long time in the body of the animal and transmit it to man. Most often they occur in the gastrointestinal tract.

    To find out that parasites have become very difficult in your body, so if you have pets, take tests regularly for eggs of the worm. But there are certain signs on which it is possible to learn about the presence of helminths in the body: unstable stool, constant bloating, weight loss. In animals, these symptoms are supplemented by loss of appetite, dullness of the coat and general lethargy.

  3. Toxoplasmosis. This disease is caused by a simple microorganism, but when transferred from a dog to a man can lead to serious consequences. Especially often, cats become the source of the disease, but it is quite easy to get a disease from a dog.

    You can catch the disease if the animal eats infected meat, and a person can get this disease by accidentally swallowing parasites. The disease proceeds without any pronounced symptoms, but in the end it can lead to bad consequences. This is especially true for pregnant women.

How to protect yourself from infection?

In order to prevent the transmission of infection from a dog to a person in advance, it is necessary to take appropriate measures:

In any case, it must be remembered that timely preventive measures are much cheaper than further treatment of the disease transmitted from dogs to humans.