Question 1

can humans get heartworm?

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Yes - rarely: “Pulmonary infection with D. immitis is an infrequently reported cause of lung disease in humans. Approximately 80 cases have been reported in the United States, with increasing numbers reported in recent years.”  See:  Human disease caused by dog heartworm. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1784039)

Question 2

can humans get babesia?

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Yes: Babesia is a tickborne illness that humans can get.  They are transmitted by the same ticks that carry Lyme disease.

Question 3

can humans get blastomycosis from dogs?

Accepted Answer

Yes by dog bites: Blastomycosis is usually acquired by inhalation of conidia into the lungs.  Primary cutaneous blastomycosis has occurred after accidental innoculation in the lab, at autopsy and after dog bites.

Question 4

is human urine a best drug to get for any disease?

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Question 5

which animals get ebola? can they transmit it to humans?

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Ebola: Animals such as the duiker, fruit bat and a number of primates can become infected. The infection can be transmitted to humans who eat their meat or who come in contact with their secretions - such as bushmen who cut up bush meat.

Question 6

how serious is mrsa and can you get it from human contact?

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Can be serious: Mrsa (methicillin-resistant staph aureus) can range from mild and annoying (skin abscesses) to life threatening (pneumonia and sepsis).  Many people are colonized with the bacteria (harboring it on their bodies) but never get sick.  It can be transmitted from human contact, including at gyms and saunas.

Question 7

can a person get incredible sick from eating a little human excrement?

Accepted Answer

Depends: Many bacterial and other communicable disease can be spread through fecal contamination, including eating feces.
Hepatitis b can be spread this way, as can gonorrhea, intestinal infections, amebic dysentery and others.

If the person providing the feces is in normal health, it is unlikely that small amounts, such as might be consumed during analingus (anal-oral contact) would cause illness.

Question 8

what are symptoms of round worms in human adult's?  and can a human get them from a pet?

Accepted Answer

: If you have not visited a poor country, you do not have round worms.
Visit this site for information: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15240-roundworms

Question 9

why are mosquitoes so dangerous to humans? why can we get diseases from them if we're not insects?

Accepted Answer

Mosquito bits: When a  mosquito bites a person, germs from the   mosquito's saliva can enter the  person's blood.

Question 10

i am being deployed to liberia soon.  im scared i may contract ebola. how easy is it to get from another human. do they have to be symptomatic?

Accepted Answer

Ebola: Thankyou for your service to our country. It is very appreciated. Transmission is from someone who has signs of active  infection via contact wi blood or bodily fluids or through contact wi contaminated objects.  Ebola can be spread through body fluids such as sweat, tears, blood, saliva, breast milk, semen, vomit, urine and stool.  The virus can gain entry via cuts/ abrasions of skin, nose, mouth

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