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My puppy has worms. how can i tell if i have worms too if humans are mostly asymptomatic?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Your stool could: be evaluated for ova & parasites. Zoonoses effecting dogs that can be directly or indirectly transmitted to humans & that involve the GI tract of one or the other include: Salmonellosis (bacteria), Giardiasis (intestinal protozoa), Strongyloidiasis (parasite) & Campylobacter enteritis (bacteria). Thus, there are not too many which are potentially shared.

Answered 1/4/2015

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