What will happen to you if you swallow a flea? Almost always, nothing. Occasionally, if the flea was from a cat or, more often a dog, infected with a tapeworm called Dipylidium, a person can contract the tapeworm from larvae in the flea.
What happens if you accidentally swallow flea eggs?
For the most part, eating a bug isn't cause for worry, she says. In general, your body will digest arthropods, which include arachnids like spiders, mites and ticks, and insects such as gnats, flies, mosquitoes, fleas and bedbugs, “just like any other food,” she says.
Can flea larvae harm humans?
Flea larvae aren't dangerous or harmful to humans. The “baby fleas” live deep within carpet fibers,1 and feed on the feces from adult fleas. Cat flea larvae don't live on animals, and don't feed parasitically.
What does flea larvae do to humans?
Cat fleas do not normally live on humans, but do bite people who handle infested animals. Flea bites cause small, red, itchy bumps, usually on the ankles and lower legs. People with allergies to flea bites suffer from hives, rashes or generalized itching.
What happens if you inhale flea larvae?
On the off chance that you inhaled some flea eggs, they wouldn't survive inside your body. They would quickly die. Fleas are not adapted to be internal parasites.
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