A person can be infected with a hedgehog and at least five diseases. These include rabies, leptospirosis, cutting lichen, salmonellose and tetanus. In a statement to Gazete.ru, classes and bites may be particularly risk, leading expert, Rospotrebnadzor Mikhail Lebedev’s CMD FBUN Molecular Diagnosis Center may be the president of the scientific and information support group.
“Rabies are particularly dangerous infections. All mammals can infection rabies and hedgehogs belong to the very common carriers of this infection. In order to infection to a person, you need direct contact with the saliva of the integrity of the skin. There is another version of infection.
In addition, a hedgehog can be infected with leptospirosis or Vasiliev-Weil’s disease. In leptospirosis, significant infectious poisoning, an increase in the liver and spleen is noted, muscle tissue deterioration, renal failure develops.
“Infection is contaminated with urine and other biological fluids of sick animals or through the contaminated objects of the outdoor environment. Perhaps infection through a bite. Infection can be entrance gates, eyes of the eyes, mucous membranes, nose, mouth, gastrointestinal movement.
Salmonellose is another disease that can be infected with a mammal. Abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, is characterized by significant poisoning.
“Salmonelloz is a classic“ dirty hand disease ,, human infection may occur as a result of close contact with an infected animal. If a hedgehog bite you, if there is a risk of tetanus. Lebedev said.
You can also get cutting lichen and parasitic diseases. According to the doctor, there are approximately three dozen types of helminth in which hedgehogs can infection.
To avoid possible infection, when you meet with the hedgehog, you must minimize contact with it, and you should not get even more.
A doctor before saidIt can be infected with dried fish with botulism.