2007-02-10 12:06:37 · 10 answers · asked by LUCA B 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
ask your doctor to test you for it. If your dog had it then you were in the same area where the vector lives. A general practitioner probally won't know about it, so you may need to see an infectious disease specialist or someone who is into travel medicine.
2007-02-10 12:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by ALM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a chance especially if you have HIV or a weak immune system.
Here is a good website for information.
http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic296.htm
With early treatment, the cure rate is higher than 90%.
The mortality rate is 15-25% in untreated cases.
Certain types of visceral leishmaniasis affect certain pediatric age groups more than others (eg, visceral leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean Basin caused by Leishmania infantum mainly affects children aged 1-4 y).
2007-02-10 20:28:15 · answer #2 · answered by crowfeathers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leishmania infantum is a parasite that attacks the immune system of humans. This results in the disease Leishmaniasis, which has a wide range of symptoms including disfiguring cutaneous and muco-cutaneous lesions, and visceral disease.
* Untreated cutaneous leishmaniasis can progress to disseminated mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, and death can occur from secondary infection.
* Visceral leishmaniasis is progressive. Mortality rates in untreated cases range from 75-95% or as high as 100% within 2 years in developing countries.
* Of great importance is the social burden placed by the morbidity of the disease, which can cause severe deformities and disfigurement and lead to social isolation.
Please see Google search for more details and images on Leishmaniasis.
2007-02-10 20:27:14 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a few websites that may help you. This one identifies the symptoms and some other causes of these symptoms. Humans with HIV are the most likely to contract the disease.
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/l/leishmaniasis/symptoms.htm#symptom_list
This website has lots of information on the disease and how it is contracted. http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/artic/leishmania_infection_dpd.htm
I'd say if you have any questions, see your doctor and be sure to express your concern and the fact that your dog was known to have this parasite.
2007-02-10 20:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by heinzlsm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ild really like to ask a Vet about this because I had a dog once & i never heard of this disease - Good one!
2007-02-10 20:14:44 · answer #5 · answered by hobo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not likely
2007-02-10 20:09:06 · answer #6 · answered by twysty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slim to none
2007-02-10 20:08:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you feel that you may be infected, you should seek advice from your doctor asap.
2007-02-10 20:15:45 · answer #8 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets hear ur symptoms, then we can diagnose ur case.
2007-02-10 20:15:19 · answer #9 · answered by flamingo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what the hell is that???
2007-02-10 20:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by zippy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋