Pelodera Dermatitis. Pelodera dermatitis is a rare skin worm infestation that causes a short-term skin infection. The condition is caused when larvae of roundworms known as Pelodera strongyloides invade the skin.
Can you get worms through skin?
You can get worms in different ways, depending on what type they are. Many times people get worms by accidentally swallowing them or their eggs. Some worms can go through your skin when they are young and small. Sometimes you get worms when an infected insect bites you or when you eat meat from an infected animal.
What does a worm look like coming out of a dog?
Tapeworm infections are usually diagnosed by finding segments—which appear as small white worms that may look like grains of rice or seeds—on the rear end of your dog, in your dog's feces, or where your dog lives and sleeps.
Can you get roundworms through skin?
Many roundworm parasitic diseases are caused by poor sanitation and hygiene. Most roundworms or their eggs are found in the dirt and can be picked up on the hands and transferred to the mouth, or they can get into the body through the skin.
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