Person getting sick because their pet is sick or vice versa?

Question

Has anyone ever heard of a person getting sick because their pet got sick or vice versa? Is there a name for this? Techinical term?

Answer 1

sypathetic sicknesses. Men have even grown in girth in equal proportiuons to thier pregnant wives in some extreme cases. In a way it is more a mental discipline then an actual sickness. They are so sympathetic to thier pets sickness they feel and suffer it as well. Just like pets will know when you are sick. I have notices that cats for one are able to tell when thier humans are sick and will come to comfort them.

As you know a cat owns the human not the other way around

Answer 2

That scenario is mostly not possible. We are such a different species from our pets that their diseases cannot make us sick, nor vice versa. One exception is the skin disease mange. There are 2 main types dogs can get, and one of the types can be passed to humans. Cat and dog fleas might bite us, but they don't 'live' on us because our normal body temperature is a lot lower than dog or cat body temperature.
If you have a pig, you could MAYBE get the flu from it. But normal household pets, there can't be species-jumping.

Answer 3

Not sick, but all the pets that are well cared for will get nervous, or calm, depending on the mood of their owner. In the first case, it doesn't help much to make the owner calmer, but it's a consistent observation of mine. Don't know technical term beyond "empathy" though.

Answer 4

Yes. What happens in cats, for instance, is they get the virus and mutate it back to the human sometimes changing it.

There are many viruses this doesn't work with but there are a few that do.

This was/is partially the case of SARS and BIrd Flu

Below are a few articles on the subject:

Answer 5

Campylobacteriosis: Can cause diarrhea, cramping, abdominal pain, fever, nausea and vomiting. In those with compromised immune systems, it can cause life-threatening infections. Campylobacteriosis may cause arthritis or Guillain-Barré syndrome, which can lead to temporary paralysis.

Campylobacteriosis results from handling or eating raw or undercooked poultry, or from contact with the feces of an infected dog or cat.

Cat scratch disease (CSD): A bacterial infection resulting from the scratch or bite of a cat, usually a kitten. Infected cats show no signs of illness. Human symptoms include mild infection at the wound site, swollen lymph nodes, fever, headache, fatigue and loss of appetite.

Leptospirosis: Causes flu-like symptoms, which can develop into life-threatening infections in the kidney, liver, brain, lung and heart. Pets can catch it by drinking or even walking through water contaminated with the urine of an infected animal. Infection can enter your system through your eyes, nose or mouth, especially if the skin is broken. Leptospirosis is rare in cats.

Symptoms in your pet include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, refusal to eat, weakness and stiffness.

Psittacosis: Infection that causes fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, dry cough and pneumonia. Heart, liver and neurological complications can also occur. This disease can be fatal.

Infection comes from inhaling the dried secretions of infected birds (parrots, parakeets, cockatiels, macaws, ducks, turkeys, etc.). The bird usually has no symptoms.

Ringworm: A ring-shaped, often-itchy rash. Many animals - including dogs, cats and farm animals - can transmit it. It can also be passed between humans. Ringworm is not a worm, but a fungal disease.

Salmonella: Bacterial disease with symptoms of diarrhea, fever and stomach pain. Other organs are sometimes affected and hospitalization may be required.

Contaminated foods and a variety of animals can cause infection. The culprits most often are baby chicks and ducklings, and reptiles - such as lizards, snakes and turtles.

Toxoplasmosis: Caused by a parasite. Symptoms are flu-like with swollen glands and muscle aches. Toxoplasmosis results from eating meat that isn't fully cooked or from con


Those are some types of illnesses that pets can give us humans if our immune syestem isnt quite up to par..

Answer 6

yes if your pet has an illness or virus its very possible to get sick also ,i dont know of any technical term but you want to get your pet examined first and if he /she has somehing make an appt. with your own dr. and explain what is going on and get tested for what your pet has. you also could be feeling depressed because your pet is sick and the depression could be causing like sympathy pains for your pet but get your pet checked anyway

Answer 7

Getting your pets cold or them getting yours is very unlikely; there are relatively few diseases that are zoonotic (able to be transmitted from person to animal or animal to person) but they do exist, like toxoplasmosis, pin worms, and as I'm sure you've heard in the news one particular strain of bird flu.

Answer 8

yes like thier fur for example, you can just get sneezing of cold and flu...

Answer 9

think so... it happened to me...