can a human get worms? serious answers!?

Question

Can a human get intestinal worms, like a dog does? what is the cure? How do you know that you have them? serious answers!

Answer 1

mlgable is right, and I know there are more than the 2 kinds I am aware of; pin worms and tapeworm.

Children get the eggs of pinworms under their fingernails when playing outdoors in dirt. Kids are prone to having their hands/fingers in their mouth; hence the hatching takes place in the intestinal tract.

This isn't anything anyone should be ashamed of though. Happens in all walks of life. One trip to the Dr., a drink of some red medicine, and no more pinworms. Of course the medicine used now could be different from my own experience in the next paragraphs.

On Christmas Eve many years ago my young son kept telling me his diaper hurt. This confused me at first because there was no diaper pin, only tape. I opened up his diaper and to my shocking horror (at the time anyway) I saw these tiny white worms flopping around on the outer side of his rectum and in his diaper.

Not knowing what this was, I rushed him to the ER where the very pleasant and calming staff took care of the situation at hand, as well as getting some humor from a first time Mom who was crazed with worry, anxiety, and disbelief, while they worked on a Christmas Eve.
:-))

Noralyn

Answer 2

Yes we can. However we usually don't know that we have them and if this is suspected, then a doctor must diagnoise. There is medication to get rid of this, There is a type of worm that people can get that is so contagious that it is airborne, the eggs are so tiny and they float in one's infected home and usually comes from kids getting it and can be noticed when a child is sleeping and the worms come out of the butt and go back in. This is highly contagious. Eating meat that is not cooked enough, like steaks and certain fish, and seafood, you can get worms. Sometimes serious intestinal pain is a symptom of worms, pin worms, and sometimes, no symptoms at all. However, worms can make a wrong turn in the body and if it goes into the brain, it turns it to jelly. I am truthful I am not trying to feed you any lie. This is true.

Answer 3

Can Humans Get Worms

Answer 4

Yes. In fact, many of the worms that infect humans also infect dogs.

They are curable using medications (antihelminthic drugs) which vary for infection by different species. Often these are single-dose therapies. Some of these are also used to treat worm infestations in dogs (e.g. Albendazole).

How do you know you have them? Well, short of passing worms from the anus or mouth (yes, this can actually happen), doctors look for symptoms/signs suggestive of a worm infestation. These include bloating & nausea, unexplained weight loss, anaemia (esp. with hookworm), etc.

Since these can be found in a host of other diseases, they do not, in isolation, necessarily mean that a person has worms.That's why one goes to a doctor, who will, if he/she suspects a worm infestation, order a stool test.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Yes humans can get several types of worm infestation. I don't
know any cure other than what a doctor could prescribe for you.
Worms can lead to a host of problems and should be dealt with
as quickly as possible.

Answer 6

Yes. Humans can get worms, from the food they eat like vegetables, unsanitary handling of food, undercooked meat. Some times you will not know you have them, and most commonly the manifestation of worm infection is Anemia, sometimes diarrhea, loss of appetite etc.. It is curable, and it depends and what type of worm infection.

Answer 7

As long as you always wash your hands you will be fine. And puppies can have many many different kinds of worms( very few a human can get) and unless you tocuh his poop and then stick hands in your mouth chances of gettin them are slim. I am very suprised the vet did not explain that to you! you will be fine! Ps congrats on the pregnancy!

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Answer 8

Yes, people can get infected with parasites. Sometimes only doctors can diagonse it and there is no one medication for all of them, every type will have different prescription.

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I hope this will help.

Answer 9

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Worms, Nematodes, Enterobiasis, Enterobius vermicularis

Introduction:
Although adults often shudder at pinworm infections, most kids don't have this same gut response. In any case, pinworms are mostly harmless and inhabit people in every socioeconomic group and culture.
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What is it?
The pinworm, or Enterobius vermicularis, is one of the most common parasitic infections of humans. Somewhere between 10 percent and 40 percent of children have pinworms at any given time.

The adult pinworms are white and measure less than one half inch long, with the diameter of a strand of thread. These tiny roundworms are quite complex. Like us, they have mouths, throats, and gastrointestinal tracts. Like us, they have nervous systems. The females have a vagina, a uterus, and ovaries. The males have a testicle, vas deferens, seminal vesicle, and ejaculatory duct. They eat, drink, pee, poop, and reproduce sexually.

The adult worms live in the colons (large intestines) of human children and apparently feed on human fecal matter.

When adult male and female worms copulate, each female pinworm produces about 10,000 fertilized eggs. At night, the pregnant female migrates from the colon, out through the child's anus and onto the skin of the buttocks. There she violently expels all of her eggs and dies. Some of the eggs become airborne and land elsewhere in the child's room, but the great majority of the fertilized eggs stay on the skin of the child's buttocks. The eggs mature within six hours of being laid.

The adult worms and the eggs on the skin of the buttocks can cause intense itching in the child. When the sleeping child scratches, the eggs often get on the fingers and under the fingernails. If the child sucks his or her thumb or otherwise brings his or her hand to the mouth (perhaps while eating breakfast), the pinworm eggs are swallowed. They usually hatch within the small intestine and mature there. When they become adults, they move to the colon where they take up residence. The entire life cycle lasts four to six weeks.

Occasionally the story goes a little differently. Sometimes a child can inhale airborne eggs and become infected that way. Every now and then the eggs will hatch on the skin of the buttocks, and the immature larvae will crawl back through the anus, up into the rectum and eventually arrive in the colon. Also, the eggs can hatch on the skin of girls and the larvae crawl into the vagina instead of the rectum. This happens in up to 20% of girls with pinworms. The vaginal pinworms usually die out with no outside help.

Who gets it?
Pinworms are found worldwide and can affect people of all ages, although the great majority of cases occur before age 12. Pinworms occur in all socioeconomic groups, but are more common wherever children are in close contact with each other.

What are the symptoms?
Most children with pinworms have no symptoms at all. In the same way that many bacteria live in our intestines without making us sick, pinworms can live happily in our intestines without causing any problems. Since the pinworm almost always stays in the gastrointestinal tract (or vagina), there is usually no systemic illness.

Some children, however, develop nighttime itching of the skin around the anus. For a small number of these children, the itching can be quite intense.

The girls who develop vaginal pinworm infections often develop vaginal itching and sometimes a vaginal discharge.

Attempts to link pinworm infection to bed wetting or grinding of the teeth have been unsuccessful, but pinworm infestations can interfere with sleep.

Is it contagious?
Pinworms are contagious. Fertile eggs are usually spread on fingernails, but can also be spread on clothing, bedding, or even house dust. Fertilized eggs can remain alive for 20 days, waiting to be swallowed or inhaled.

How long does it last?
The life cycle of a pinworm is 4 to 6 weeks. Without treatment, infestation will continue as long as fresh eggs are being swallowed, unless a person develops immunity to pinworms, which is unusual before age 15.

How is it diagnosed?
Stool and blood tests are not very helpful in diagnosing pinworms. Seeing a worm clinches the diagnosis. Check your child's skin with a flashlight during the night and first thing in the morning. Look for white, wiggling threads. If it's not wiggling, it's probably just lint. Occasionally a wiggling worm will be seen on the surface of a stool. Pinworms are so common that children with nighttime anal itching are often treated without any lab test at all. The classic diagnostic tool is to apply a piece of transparent tape to the skin near the anus first thing in the morning. This tape can then be attached to a glass slide and examined under a microscope for the presence of eggs. Your doctor can supply you with a pinworm lab kit, if necessary. Remember, though, that these eggs are infective!

How is it treated?
The treatment is two doses of an anti-pinworm drug. The second dose is given 2 weeks after the first.

Physicians disagree about whether or not to treat all family members. Treating the infected child alone will often get rid of the infestation. Anyone who sleeps with the child, or any family member or friend with itching should be treated. In stubborn cases, treating the family members, and particularly the other children, can be a good idea.

Washing the bedding on the treatment day may help and is often recommended.

How can it be prevented?
This easily transmissible infection is very common in children. It is not a sign of poor hygiene. It is easily spread at home, school, or day care (pets have no part in the pinworm story). Since most kids experience no ill effects whatsoever, extreme measures to prevent pinworms are not wise.

I recommend trimming the fingernails, scrubbing the hands (after awakening, before meals – especially breakfast – and after toileting). These measures have never been proven to help at all, but they still seem like a good idea to me.

Where pinworms are a constant problem, treating every 3 months may help to prevent re-infestation.

Answer 10

Yes you can get worm or parasites and you need to see a doc to get them diagnosed and get treatment for them.