Can People Get Heartworms from Their Pets? People cannot get heartworms from their pets. Heartworms are only transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. 22 авг. 2019 г.
What are the symptoms of heartworms in humans?
People with symptoms can have cough (including coughing up blood), chest pain, fever, and pleural effusion (excess fluid between the tissues that line the lungs and the chest cavity). Rarely, D. immitis worms have been found in humans at outside the lungs, including the brain, eye, and testicle.
Can human beings get heartworms?
(Unlike in dogs, infected people don't have the parasite microfilaria in their blood, which is how the infection is passed on to mosquitoes and other animals). Heartworm is a rare and rather innocuous problem in humans – it's nothing to lose sleep about.
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