If a dog is infected with heartworm, what are the initial symptoms?

If your dog is infected with a new filaria, one of the most obvious symptoms in the early stage is the irregular appearanceSymptoms of inexplicable cough。But this situation is only a very mild cough, and many people mistakenly think that their dog has a cold. Even when you go to the hospital for testing, the initial test result is often negative.

If the puppy is very healthy, it will generally be very active and active, but if you find that your dog is suddenlyI don't like to move, and it lasts for many days, plus there will be some coughing, especially after strenuous exercise, the symptoms of cough are significantly aggravated, then you must be vigilant at this time, it is generally likely that the dog has been infected with heartworms.

The body resistance of each dog is different, so different dogs infected with heartworms will be different in the initial state, if their own dogs are relatively weak, then after removing the infection with new heartworms, inCoughing can be accompanied by coughing up blood, and the dog will refuse to exercise at this time.

Generally, when this happens, after arriving at the pet hospital, it is necessary to take X-rays for further examination and judgment.

Summer is the peak season for heartworm disease, mainly because heartworms are one of the main sources of transmissionMosquito bites。In the larval stage of heartworms, they enter the dog's blood through bites, and after a long period of development, they will quickly enter the dog's whole body, including the lungs and heart, and the parasite reproduces very quickly.

Therefore, when the owner usually raises the dog, he must observe the state of the dog, and find that he does not immediately go to the hospital for medical treatment, and the usual deworming work is also very important, whether it is in vivo deworming or in vitro deworming must be done on time, especially in the summer when it is the high incidence season of parasitic infection, in vitro deworming is very necessary.

In the early stage, there will be symptoms of coughing, and it will also lose its usual active state, lazy and sleepy, lose interest in food, no matter how the owner attracts it, it will not get up to exercise, and in severe cases, symptoms of coughing up blood may appear, at this time you must take the dog to the doctor.

Cough, weight loss, dyspnea, palpitations, increased body temperature, a very large belly, and there will be anemia, and loss of appetite, there will be jaundice.

The dog will cough from time to time, the dog's hair will fall out, the dog will not be able to eat, and it will seem to feel constantly weak and not as active as before.

You will cough, have symptoms of a cold, may cough up blood, have low immunity, and will be very uncomfortable.

With the development of the disease, the dog has palpitations and weak pulse, murmurs in the heart, pain in liver palpation, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, edema of the whole body, dyspnea and other symptoms. Dogs that have been infected for a long time have very obvious cor pulmonale. 1 Infected dogs are the first to develop chronic cough, but there is no upper respiratory tract infection, cough is worse during exercise, or the dog is easily fatigued during exercise.

2 With the development of the disease, the dog has symptoms such as palpitations and weak pulse, murmurs in the heart, pain in liver palpation, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, edema all over the body, and difficulty breathing.

3 Dogs that have been infected for a long time have very obvious cor pulmonale.

4 Heartworm infection is severe, and dogs can die due to general weakness or collapse during exercise.

5 Infected dogs often have nodular diseases such as itching and ulceration.

After the excrement shovel officer finds that the dog has similar symptoms, he needs to take the dog to test whether there are heartworm adults or microfilariae in the body, and take the drug after the infection**, and should cooperate with the veterinarian**, and avoid indiscriminate medication.

For heartworms, prevention is greater than **. Regular use of insecticides such as dog heart protection can be effectively prevented.

However, if you don't care about it at all, it will die immediately after it develops into an adult.

1 Kill intermediate hosts

Heartworms are transmitted by mosquitoes and fleas, and the excrement shoveler usually needs to pay attention to regular in vitro deworming for dogs, minimize the time to go to grasslands and forests, prevent mosquitoes and fleas, and effectively avoid heartworm infection.

2 Regular deworming

Feed the dog heart guard every month to prevent the microfilariae from developing into adult worms.

Note: Heartworm repellent drugs are generally not harmful to dogs with heart disease, but heart disease itself is a serious disease, so you need to be cautious when taking medicine, and it is best to consult a doctor first.

Do you know heartworms? Heartworm is a common parasite in dogs and cats, with high infectivity, according to statistics, an average of 1 in 5 dogs will be infected with heartworm, if not treated in time, it will directly threaten the life of the dog. Let's take a look at it by Dr. Claw.

Heartworm is a zoonotic parasite that can be transmitted by mosquitoes. Heartworm infection can occur when a dog is bitten by a mosquito that carries heartworms.

Dogs infected with heartworms generally have no symptoms at first, and when the heartworms in the body develop, they will cough, gradually decline in physical strength, and their spirits will gradually deteriorate. When you take your dog out to play, you will feel tired soon after exercising. After the heartworm grows in the dog's body, it will seriously affect the dog's heart and lungs, so that the dog has the symptoms of coughing up blood.

Dogs infected with filariasis will mainly violate the dog's cardiopulmonary function, and there will be poor spirit, cough and hemoptysis, etc., if it is not timely, it will affect life. Infected dogs need to be treated with antithrombotic drugs first, and then combined with insecticides, this process needs to take ** one month to six months depending on the degree of infection.

Once you find that your dog has symptoms of heartworm infection, such as coughing, wheezing, overexcitement during bathing, etc., you should see a veterinarian in time. Serious dogs need to be removed from surgery, but the current domestic removal technology is not mature enough, so the infection of heartworms is at an advanced stage, which is equivalent to no cure.

It's scary, it can seriously affect the health of the dog. First of all, follow the method of the veterinarian**Secondly, you must keep the dog's hygiene clean.

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First, the ** of canine heartworm disease

Heartworms are yellow and white vermicelli. Fleas and mosquitoes are mainly used as intermediate hosts to enter the dog's body. When fleas and mosquitoes suck blood, they will suck the microfilariae into the body of fleas and mosquitoes, and then develop into infectious larvae, and then enter the beaks of fleas and mosquitoes.

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2. Key points of clinical diagnosis and treatment of canine heartworm

1. Chronic cough is the main symptom, and when the amount of exercise increases, the dog will easily feel fatigued.

2. With the penetration of the virus, the dog will have a weak pulse, a rapid heartbeat, and physical exhaustion. Painful, swollen liver. Symptoms such as swelling and difficulty breathing all over the body.

3. Dogs with slow ** infection will have cor pulmonale.

4. In the later stage of infection, you will collapse and die due to weakness.

5. Sick dogs are often accompanied by pruritic nodules**, which are characterized by itching and multiple ulcers. The cutaneous nodule is a pyogenic granuloma located in the blood vessels**, and microfilariae can be found in the blood vessels surrounding the purulent granuloma.

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3. Measures to prevent heartworm

1. Kill adult worms: If the dog already has adult worms in its body, it is recommended to go to a pet hospital for surgery to remove the adult worms. Levamisole hydrochloride tablets are used postoperatively.

Repels microfilariae in the body.

2. Prevention and elimination of intermediate hosts.

1) Mosquito control and mosquito flies are important measures to prevent and control the disease;

2) Regularly deworm dogs with in vitro deworming drugs. Understand.

The earliest symptom of heartworm in dogs is chronic cough, but there are no other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, which is aggravated by exercise, or the sick dog is easily fatigued during exercise. As the disease progresses, the dog has hypercardiac palpitations, swelling all over the body, and difficulty breathing. In the terminal stage, death occurs due to general weakness or collapse during exercise.

1. The earliest symptom is chronic cough, but there are no other symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, which is aggravated during exercise, or the sick dog is easy to fatigue during exercise.

2. With the development of the disease, the sick dog has hyperpalpitations, weak and intermittent pulse, and murmurs in the heart. Pain on palpation of the liver area, hepatomegaly. Fluid in the chest and abdomen, and edema all over the body. Dyspnea.

3. In cases of long-term infection, cor pulmonale is very obvious.

4. In the terminal stage, death due to general weakness or collapse during exercise.

5. Sick dogs are often accompanied by nodular ** disease, which is characterized by itching and multiple focal-like nodules that tend to burst. **Nodules are suppurative granulomatous inflammation in the center of the blood vessels Microfilariae are common in the blood vessels around the periphery of pyogenic granulomas.

1. Canine heartworm (also known as canine heartworm) is yellowish-white and elongated vermicelli. Males are 120 160 mm long and have a spiral curly tail, females are 250 300 mm long. The viviparous larvae are called microfilariae, parasitic in the blood, 307-322 microns long, and unsheathed.

2. Canine heartworms parasitize organisms and need fleas, Anopheles mosquitoes or Culex mosquitoes as intermediate hosts.

3. The female parasitic in the right ventricle produces free-moving microfilariae, which enter the bloodstream, and when fleas and mosquitoes suck blood, they suck the microfilariae into human bodies and develop into infectious larvae, which enter the beaks of fleas and mosquitoes. When fleas and mosquitoes suck blood, the larvae escape from the beak and burrow into the skin of the final host, and circulate into the heart and large blood vessels through subcutaneous lymphatic fluid or blood.

1.Regular deworming and the use of anthelmintic drugs to kill parasites.

2.Prevention and eradication of intermediate hosts, fleas and mosquitoes are the focus.

3.Drug prophylaxis can also be used, and the dose of imamethazine (marine qunsheng) is milligram kg body weight, and continuous medication should be used in the mosquito and fly activity season.

4.For microfilariae-positive dogs, it is strictly forbidden to use pyrimethazine, and it is necessary to kill adults and microfilariae with drugs before starting to use pyrimethamazine for prevention.

Summary. Dear, some dogs will vomit after eating the dog heart protection, but it is generally not serious. But what the owner is particularly concerned about is to ensure that your dog's heart is free of heartworms before using drugs such as dog heart protection.

If there is, if the dog takes the medicine to prevent heartworms, the worms will die and block the heart, and the dog will die, so a screening should be done before giving dogs over 6 months old to dog heart protection.

Can a 5-month-old 3-pound dog eat dog heart protection deworming? There won't be heartworms in 5 months, right?

Kiss, 5 months old dog will not have heartworms, a life-threatening parasite that is transmitted by mosquitoes and can cause serious damage to the dog's heart and lungs. Heartworm disease is considered one of the most serious clinical diseases. Heartworm disease is rare in dogs under 1 year of age because it takes 5-7 months to be infected with larvae.

Good. Kiss, what breed of dog?

Dear, some dogs will vomit after eating the dog heart protection, but the manuscript wheel is generally not serious. But what the owner is particularly concerned about is to ensure that your dog's heart is free of heartworms before using the canine heart protection Changjing cherry class drugs. If there is, if the dog eats the medicine to prevent heartworms, the worms will die and then block the heart to resist the plexus, and the dog will die, so a screening should be done before giving dogs over 6 months old to take dog heart protection.

It's true. Heartworm canins (scientific name: Dirofilaria immitis, English:

heartworm), a parasitic roundworm that is transmitted to a host through mosquito bites. Heartworm belongs to the phylum Nematode and causes filariasis. The main reservoir of the heartworm is dogs, but it can also parasitize animals such as cats, wolves, coarse wolves, foxes, and other animals, including ferrets and sea lions.

In some cases, there have been cases of human parasitism. After entering the host's body, the canine heartworm will enter the heart and pulmonary artery system, damaging the heart and pulmonary blood vessels and tissues, causing the health of the host to be affected, and in severe cases, it can be fatal.

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Canine heartworm disease is transmitted to dogs due to mosquito bites. It is more common in summer, cats are more common than dogs, the intermediate host is mosquitoes, and the larvae can infect the fetus through the placenta, and the severity of clinical symptoms depends on the duration of infection, and the degree of infection depends on the host's response to the worm.

The main symptoms of the dog are:

Coughing, decreased training endurance and weight loss, etc. Other symptoms include palpitations, intracardiac murmurs, dyspnea, elevated body temperature, and increased abdominal circumference. In the later stage, anemia increased, and he gradually died of emaciation and exhaustion.

In vena cava syndrome, a large number of worms in the right atrium and vena cava can cause sudden failure and death. This is preceded by loss of appetite and jaundice. Dogs with filariasis often have nodular ** disease, which is characterized by itching and multiple nodules that tend to burst.

**The nodule is suppurated in the center and there are often microfilament hoes in the blood vessels around it.

The most common symptoms in cats are loss of appetite, drowsiness, coughing, painful breathing, and vomiting. Other symptoms are weight loss and sudden death. Right heart failure and vena cava are rare in cats.

Canine heartworm disease, also known as canine filariasis, is a clinical or subclinical disease caused by the parasitic canine filaria of the family and the genus Filaria canis in the right ventricle and pulmonary artery of dogs, and the main symptoms are circulatory disorders, dyspnea, anemia, etc.

The best principle of dog heartworm disease is to prevent first, regular deworming, do a good job of environmental hygiene, eliminate mosquitoes, reduce the route of transmission, if it is found that there are adult worms in the pet body, surgery should be carried out as soon as possible to remove the worms.