2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Dogs and cats can be dangerous. Pets sometimes cause dangerous diseases in humans. How to avoid getting infected? Symptoms of common infections. Details about the prevention of animals and households
What can you catch from cats and dogs
The fluffy pet usually takes pride of place in the house and is a member of the family. But often our love is boundless and unnerving. We cherish little friends, caress and allow them everything. Animals use the master's chair, and sometimes the bed. We and them like it.
All this is good, but there is a danger of health problems. Dogs and cats can spread disease. There are many varieties of them: parasitic, viral, bacterial, fungal.
Disease from cats
• tularemia, • feline chlamydia, • salmonellosis, • Aujeszky's disease, • rabies, • trichophytosis (ringworm), • felinosis.
Disease from dogs:
• spotted fever, • rabies, • helminthiases, • anthrax, • campylobacteriosis, • tularemia, • leptospirosis, • brucellosis, • ringworm, • tuberculosis.
Symptoms of common diseases
Information about the disease will help determine the infection, and take timely action. Therefore, it is useful for everyone to know basic information about common diseases.
Rabies
The likelihood of infection comes from an unvaccinated animal. Passed through saliva when bitten. Symptoms of the disease appear after 10 days, although the incubation (latent) period is 3 months. The first symptoms: sleep disturbance, anxiety, temperature (37, 1-37, 5). The lingering bite wound continues to hurt. As the disease progresses, it worsens the state of health with fear of light and noise, and painful convulsions. As a result, clouding of consciousness, delirium, aggression, hallucinations, which end in paralysis and death.
The disease is transient and all stages pass within 10 days. Treatment will help early infection before symptoms appear. Therefore, doctors strongly recommend getting vaccinated immediately after a bite.
Campylobacteriosis
Many people call this infection "dirty hands disease". The source can be cats, dogs, birds. Signs: pain in the navel, weakness, diarrhea (diarrhea), temperature 39, headache. The treatment is carried out with antibacterial agents. Full recovery after 2 weeks.
Toxocariasis
Refers to the most common helminth diseases (worms). It is more common in those who do not wash their hands after contact with an animal. Toxocara eggs, once in the body, begin to actively develop. With a severe lesion, a high temperature persists, a suffocating cough, skin itching appears, the functionality of the spleen and liver is impaired. The treatment is long-term.
Toxoplasmosis
Infection occurs when communicating with cats, as well as when cleaning the litter box (feces). There are no obvious symptoms, but there may be muscle aches, rashes, nausea / vomiting, and damage to the lymphatic system and liver. Mild forms of toxoplasmosis are suppressed by the immune system and do not require special therapy.
The disease is extremely dangerous for pregnant women. The fetus is affected by the nervous system, the child is born defective, often blind, mentally retarded, with the premise of epilepsy.
Ringworm
For infection, we deprive one contact is enough. This is a fungal infection that causes itchy patches on the skin. In pets, lichen is extremely rare, although there is a high risk of getting the fungus on the street. Usually, stray animals are the source. It is treated with antifungal agents with pretreatment with antiseptics. If someone is sick in the house, then household items and premises are disinfected.
How to care for animals to avoid infection
In order for communication with a dog or cat to bring joy, you need to follow several rules and properly maintain the animal.
• Keep your pet's bedding or favorite spot clean.
• Be sure to wash your hands after contact.
• Keep an animal out of your bed.
• When removing faeces, remember to wear gloves.
• Regularly disinfect dog / cat utensils.
• Immediately disinfect any wounds and injuries on the skin resulting from playing with an animal.
• If necessary, clean the ears, eyes of the animal, bathe and cut the nails in a timely manner.
• After a walk, clean your paws, destroy parasites.
• Give an anthelmintic at least twice a year.
• In warmer months, take measures against the attack of ticks.
So, reasonable love and adherence to the rules of communication with your four-legged friend will bring only joy. Take care of yourself and your pets!
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