Biology/dog urine
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Hi,
My X boyfriend has a dog that is not potty trained and mostly uses the restroom inside anywhere he wants. During the time that we were together I noticed that my X would have diarrhea a lot and so did I. I am staying at my house now and have not had any more diarrhea. Do you think that was why. Thank you.
Thanks for using AllExperts. It seems entirely possible that the explanation you've offered is the reason why you got sick when staying at the house. Dogs secrete lots of bacteria in their urine and feces (just as humans do), and some of those have the potential to cause human illness. Not only that, but urine provides a pretty good environment for bacteria to grow in, even if the dog wasn't actually putting out those bacteria (that is, the dog may have been urinating on surfaces that later grew lots of bacteria which made you sick). There are too many to pick out the possible agents of disease, but poor sanitation for both humans and animals is absolutely linked to diarrheal illness.
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