How can I get infected?
Be sure to take into account the sources of the disease, and avoid them in the future.
- First of all, stay away from wild and stray dogs, as well as rats and close contact with birds
- The source of infection is saliva, blood or the products of the life of a sick animal
- Observe the behavior of the animal. The dog begins to behave aggressively, bites everyone and is constantly in an excited state
- In another course of the disease, the dog paralyzes the lower jaw and it constantly has saliva
List of diseases
We will cite several diseases, which usually affect animals, but they are also dangerous for humans.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Observe the rules of personal hygiene when caring for your pets and always wash your hands after any contact with them
- Every year, take tests and make preventive vaccinations, especially if you constantly have to communicate with dogs or cats
- Try not to let your animals hunt wild rodents
- Be sure to consult a doctor at the first sign of a disease in you or your pet
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.