6 Possible Diseases That People Can Contact Through Pets

It is a fact that we have affection for our pets but in some circumstances they had made us sick. It has been discovered that our pets even domestic and farm animals can spread diseases to people. Some of these diseases may result into serious sickness.

Below are tips to 6 diseases pets or animals can give people

Toxoplasmosis

When a person come in contact with the feces of a cat that is infected with Toxoplasma gondii parasite such a person could be infected with Toxoplasmosis. This disease can cause serious health problem and doctors advised that pregnant women should take precautionary measure when dealing with cats. Toxoplasmosis can also cause severe flu-like symptoms in children and in people with weakened immune systems.
Mad Cow Disease

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is a name for mad cows.The moment that a cow is fed with feed that was made from the bodies of infected cattle the cow get mad and if humans consume the contaminated beef they would get mad cow variant.This infection result in gradual destruction of the brain cell, causing dementia, memory loss, hallucinations, personality changes, seizures and ultimately death.This deadly neurological disorder is the outcome of a virus-like infectious agents called prions.

Cryptosporidiosis

Another name for cryptosporidiosis is crypto and humans could be infected when they come in contact with the poo of an infected dog, cat or farm animal. The outcome of this disease infection are fever, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. This disease could be deadly if the person immune system is weak but crypto generally goes away without treatment if the immune system is high or okay.


Psittacosis

Psittacosis is commonly called parrot fever. Birds such as pigeons, ducks, turkey, and other birds can also spread this disease. People are infected with psittacosis by breathing from dust of dried droppings of infected birds and the duration of infection could be one to three weeks. The symptoms include fever, chills, diarrhea, and dry cough but the remedy for it is antibiotics that can be used for both human and birds.

Hookworm

Hookworm is a parasite that lives in the small intestines of infected dogs and cats. The animal hosts excrete hookworm eggs, and humans become infected after having contact with worm-containing soil (maybe something to think about before rolling around in the back yard with your favorite pooch). If the hookworm enters through the skin, a person can get painful itchy infections. If the worms are ingested, intestinal bleeding, inflammation, and abdominal pains are possible. The illness can be cured with anthelmintic (antiparasite) drugs.

Rabies

Rabies is spread by a virus that is found in raccoons, skunks,bats, and foxes. People are infected when they come in contact with the saliva from an infected animal, whether from a wild animal or pet dog that has a brush with one.The symptom of rabies is flu- like and if it is not treated it could lead to agitation,delirium,hallucinations,and partial paralysis. Statistics has hon that worldwide the disease causes 55,000 deaths a year.It is known to be the most notorious of all zoonotic diseases. It could be treated with modern vaccine.

It is a noted fact that these diseases could be gotten from pets and other animals and it is advice to be careful when dealing with them to avoid contamination,