Dogs live with us day and night, and their companionship becomes more and more important in people's daily lives, but is the shoveler aware of certain zoonotic infectious diseases? For example, zoonotic eyeworms - conjunctival suction nematodes
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > conjunctival suction nematodes</h1>
Conjunctival sucking nematodes, also known as oriental nematodes, are a class of nematodes that parasitize mammals and birds in the tear ducts, transient membranes or conjunctival sacs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > how dogs are infected</h1>
Conjunctival sucking nematodes are transmitted through Okada circumnavigating fruit flies (not common flies). This fruit fly likes rotten fruit and eye secretions, without which people will not be infected, but if the home environment is not hygienic, it is easy to provoke fruit flies.
Dogs are parasitized by conjunctival sucking nematodes→ the dog's eyes are inflamed and secreted, attracting fruit flies to bite→ fruit flies sucking parasite eggs to develop into larvae→ biting human eyes to send larvae into the human eye and develop into adult worms.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="8" > symptoms</h1>
Dogs infected with this nematode will have inflamed eyes, eye feces, and white parasite activity can be seen directly on the surface of the eyeball.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" > how to deal with it</h1>
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" >1 Seek medical attention in time</h1>
The shoveler found that the dog's eyes were abnormal, and needed to send the dog to the hospital, and after the eye drops anesthetized the worm body, the parasite was removed. After the worm body is removed, it will not recur as long as it is no longer in contact with fruit flies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" >2 Regular deworming</h1>
Deworming dogs also avoids infection, conjunctival sucking nematodes are also nematodes like roundworms, and regular feeding of roundworm repellents can also drive them away.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" >3 Pay attention to environmental hygiene</h1>
Preventing flies, doing a good job in environmental hygiene, strengthening the management of animals such as dogs and cats, and paying special attention to eye cleaning are the main measures to prevent infection.