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Baby and worms

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Foreveranxious22 · 09/08/2022 17:46

I have a 4 month old baby and yesterday my friend brought her new puppy round mine to show him
off during my DD nap time. Anyway was playing with the pup and my daughter woke up
so I ran up and put her dummy in. Of course hindsight I should of washed my hands but I didn’t think and placed her dummy in to see if she’d go back off as she slept awful the night before. Today my friends just told me her puppy has worms, so I was wondering what is the transition likelihood with dogs and infecting humans with worms. Well any parasite really. We’d been considering a dog but now rethinking lol. Would like to add I didn’t touch the teat of the dummy, just the side. Any help so I don’t turn into a stressy mess?
I Posted this originally in the parenting forum, but feel like those with dogs and are actively on this park of mumsnet might know more.

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NutsandPuffs · 14/08/2022 01:56

Vet here- no concern for worms being transferred in these circumstances.
Tapeworms aren’t transmitted from dog to human and the puppy most likely has roundworms as they get them across the placenta and the Mum’s milk.
Roundworms (Toxocara canis) can be transmitted to humans but this happens once the eggs are passed in there dog poop and then the feces dries out and some time passes by (2-4 wks) and then the human accidentally ingests the poop/eggs. This could happen in a garden or a sand pit for example but I also knew it happen to a child living on a farm.
Don’t worry! Your baby is safe.

Foreveranxious22 · 16/08/2022 00:31

Thank you so much for the reply! That’s a huge relief 😁

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