Rat lungworm?

[Walking Circles]

I was in the dinning room just a moment ago and spotted a thing slug trail on the carpet. I wasn't sure what it was so I got a wad of paper towels and dabbed some of it up. Once I realized what I was dealing with I washed my hands with dish soap and then went and had a shower.

Everyone in my house walks around bare foot and I don't know how long that trail has been there. I'm worried we could have been exposed this way, particularly my 7 year old son. I'm also a touch worried about having possible contacted the slug trail when I dabbed it up with paper towels. Of course to make things worse I have a drinking glass I had been keeping on a shelf that was a few feet away from where I found the trail, and located about halfway up the wall. I had just filled the glass and was drinking it when I noticed the slug trail.

Does anyone here know much about this? We live in Arkansas if it matters, I understand it's a larger problem in some areas than others.

 

[bin_tenn]

What's wrong with touching it? When I was a kid I would pick slugs up with my bare hands. LoL. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Only an issue in Asia and Pacific islands, and even there a million to one.

 

[TruthHurts]

What's wrong with touching it? When I was a kid I would pick slugs up with my bare hands. LoL. Nothing to worry about.

I just picked one up the other day while working in the yard.

 

[Walking Circles]

I did some more research (bad idea I know), but apparently it's fairly rare even in areas where the worm is endemic. Apparently only a handful of people that contract it actually develop severe symptoms, most resolve without even knowing there was something up.