How do people get whipworm?

Question

My dog just got back from the Vet. and he has whipworm and is it possible for me and my family to get it also?

Answer 1

it can be passed to humans


(Trichuris spp.)


Ascariasis and trichuriasis are the scientific names of these infections. Ascariasis is also known commonly as the "large roundworm" infection and trichuriasis as "whip worm" infection.

Infection with whipworm may be in apparent unless noticed when passed in the feces, or, on occasion, crawling up into the throat and trying to exit through the mouth or nose. Infection with numerous worms may result in a pneumonitis during the migratory phase when larvae that have hatched from the ingested eggs in the lumen of the small intestine penetrate into the tissues and by way of the lymph and blood systems reach the lungs. In the lungs, the larvae break out of the pulmonary capillaries into the air sacs, ascend into the throat and descend to the small intestine again where they grow, becoming as large as 31 X 4 cm. Molting occurs at various points along this path and, typically for roundworms, the male and female adults in the intestine are 5th-stage nematodes. Vague digestive tract discomfort sometimes accompanies the intestinal infection, but in small children with more than a few worms there may be intestinal blockage because of the worms' large size. Not all larval or adult worms stay on the path that is optimal for their development; those that wander may locate in diverse sites throughout the body and cause complications. The larvae of ascarid species that mature in hosts other than humans may hatch in the human intestine and are especially prone to wander; they may penetrate into tissues and locate in various organ systems of the human body, perhaps eliciting a fever and diverse complications.

Answer 2

Yes indeed! You and your family can become infected. The whipworm eggs grow and spread in the soil surrounding your home after your dog defecates, and was probably already infected. Whipworm can easily be ingested by unclean hands or in contaminated foods.

Please read:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/whipworm/default.htm

Answer 3

what is whipworm?? if it is like ringworm.... then yes.. if he is not treated.. if he is, then u have a good chance of not geting it.. but its stil possibble.. i just got ringworm from a child at work....

Answer 4

No, it is not transmitted to humans...

Answer 5

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