Can children catch anything from touching a snail and then touching their mouths?

[Concernedkay]

So my son just touched a slug in the garden and before I could grab him to wash his hands he was already touching his mouth. I've washed his hands and mouth now but a bit freaked out of him catching any dangerous bacteria or parasite, particularly because of the story about the boy in Australia that ate a slug, if anyone knows it.

Has anyone's toddler done this and have they been okay?

Sorry title says snail but it was a slug.

I fished a snail out of my toddlers mouth durring lockdown. She has turned out fine so far.

With dogs it used to be lungworm from licking snails.

if you can get sick easily from slugs or snails i would have been sick all childhood hahaha

I drove my mother up the wall one day i set up a snail race on her bed =p

No.

Contact the GP just to be sure. I think I heard about something horrible from slugs somewhere, but don't want to stress you.

Probably fine. But I'd be scared if they managed to eat one

news.sky.com/story/amp/australian-man-sam-ballard-who-was-left-paralysed-after-eating-a-slug-dies-aged-28-11545373