That makes total sense. My father was a veterinarian and knowing about heart worms, they clog the heart, tough to kill once they are in it. There's a cocktail the give the animal to kill the worms but the animal MUST remain quiet. No excess movement, barking etc sure to the worms are passing out of the heart and entering the bloodstream. That's when it can kill the animal.
The only time I have ever seen a human go through a parasite panel was an episode of River Monsters/Jeremy Wade (Fish on!) Because he had spent so much time in the tropics and out in the wild (and I think they were running out of ideas for fish monsters), the episode was on "the little monsters " potentially inside of us. He didn't have anything bad that I can recall, but after several crew members came down with parasite infections was when they filmed it.
That makes total sense. My father was a veterinarian and knowing about heart worms, they clog the heart, tough to kill once they are in it. There's a cocktail the give the animal to kill the worms but the animal MUST remain quiet. No excess movement, barking etc sure to the worms are passing out of the heart and entering the bloodstream. That's when it can kill the animal.
The vet wants to check your animal for parasites yearly..not once has my gp..suggested that
What's interesting is the mosquito carries the larve and when bitten, the parasite is injected...
The only time I have ever seen a human go through a parasite panel was an episode of River Monsters/Jeremy Wade (Fish on!) Because he had spent so much time in the tropics and out in the wild (and I think they were running out of ideas for fish monsters), the episode was on "the little monsters " potentially inside of us. He didn't have anything bad that I can recall, but after several crew members came down with parasite infections was when they filmed it.
They say heartworms are from musquitos