Heartworm yog ib yam kab mob uas tus dev kis los ntawm cov kab mob parasitic roundworms uas nyob hauv plawv thiab pulmonary hlab ntsha. Cov tsos mob ntawm tus kab mob muaj xws li mob me mus rau qhov hnyav, thiab ntau yam sib txawv ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam rau tus dev thiab lawv mob npaum li cas. Txoj xov zoo yog tias tus kab mob plawv yuav kho tau txhua yam tab sis qhov phem tshaj plaws. Cov xov xwm zoo tshaj yog kab mob plawv yog tiv thaiv tau.
Cia peb mus saib seb tus kab mob plawv yog dab tsi, yuav tiv thaiv li cas, thiab yuav kho li cas yog tus dev muaj nws.
Heartworm yog dab tsi?
Heartworms yog parasitic roundworms uas tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau ob tus dev thiab miv. Kev tshawb fawb hu ua Dirofilaria immitis, cov kab mob no tau cog lus los ntawm yoov tshaj cum tom lawv, noj cov ntshav noj thiab tawm hauv cov kab mob larvae hauv cov txheej txheem. Tsis yog txhua tus yoov tshaj cum kis tau tus kab mob plawv, thiab tsis yog txhua thaj chaw muaj yoov tshaj cum kab mob plawv.
Dab muab lub cev rau cov kab mob plawv kom ua tiav lawv lub neej. Thaum loj hlob tuaj, cov kab mob me me no ua haujlwm rau hauv lub plawv, ntsws, thiab lwm cov hlab ntsha. Thaum loj hlob tiav lawm, cov cab tuaj yeem ntsuas txog li 1 ko taw ntev, thiab nws muaj peev xwm ua rau ib tus dev kis tau ntau pua tus kab mob.
Yog tsis muaj kev kho mob, dev tuaj yeem muaj mob hnyav, suav nrog kev tuag, yog li nws tseem ceeb heev los tiv thaiv tus kab mob no. Yog tias koj tus dev twb tau kis kab mob plawv, kev kho mob sai sai los ntawm kws kho tsiaj yog qhov tseem ceeb rau qhov txiaj ntsig zoo.
Symptoms of Heartworm
Tsis yog txhua tus dev muaj cov tsos mob ntawm tus kab mob plawv. Kev kuaj ntshav ua los ntawm koj tus kws kho tsiaj yog qhov tsim nyog rau kev kuaj pom tseeb, tab sis ntawm no yog ob peb lub cim ceeb toom tias koj tus dev yuav kis tau:
- hnoos tsis tu ncua- Cov dev uas muaj kab mob plawv feem ntau pom muaj hnoos qhuav tas li. Qhov no feem ntau yog ib qho ntawm thawj cov tsos mob ntawm tus dev noj qab nyob zoo.
- Lethargy - Kev ua kom tsis haum lossis zam tag nrho yog cov tsos mob ntawm cov kab mob plawv. Yog tias koj tus dev zoo li nkees dua li niaj zaus lossis tsis nyiam taug kev, nws tuaj yeem yog qhov cim ntawm kev mob.
- Pov poob - Qee tus dev uas muaj kab mob plawv poob qab los.
- plab o - Kab mob plawv tuaj yeem ua rau lub plawv tsis ua haujlwm, uas ua rau muaj kua dej ntau hauv tus dev plab.
- ua pa nyuaj - Cov mob hnyav heev tuaj yeem ua rau cov dev muaj teeb meem ua pa vim muaj kab mob ua rau lawv cov hlab ntsws thiab txo cov ntshav mus rau lub ntsws.
Tshuaj mob plawv
Cov txheej txheem kho mob rau cov kab mob plawv yog txiav txim siab raws li tus kab mob hnyav, tab sis peb cov kauj ruam uas muaj feem cuam tshuam.
- Tshuaj- Kev kho mob plawv muaj ntau yam tshuaj sib txawv. Kev txhaj tshuaj ntawm Melarsomine feem ntau yog siv los tua cov neeg laus cov kab mob tom qab ib puag ncig ntawm Doxycycline (siv los tua cov kab mob symbiotic txuam nrog cov kab mob) thiab cov tshuaj steroids xws li Prednisone yog siv los txo cov kev mob tshwm sim tsis zoo. Cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob plawv yuav muab tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob menyuam yaus kom tsis txhob kis kab mob ntau dua. Lwm cov tshuaj yuav muab rau koj tus dev kom txo tau cov tsos mob.
- Surgery - Thaum mob hnyav, cov dev yuav tsum tau phais kom tshem tawm cov kab mob plawv ntawm lub ntsws thiab cov hlab ntsha. Hmoov tsis zoo, qhov no tsis tas yuav ua haujlwm, thiab ntau tus dev nrog lub nra hnyav tuaj yeem
- Kev txwv kev tawm dag zog - Qhov no yog ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev kho mob plawv uas yuav tsum tau ua ua ntej, thaum, thiab txog li ob lub hlis tom qab kho.
Kev kho mob plawv yuav siv sij hawm ntev thiab tshwm sim ntau lub hlis. Kev txhaj tshuaj yuav tsum tau muab rau lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb, thiab kev txwv kev tawm dag zog yuav nyob twj ywm rau ob peb lub hlis. Vim li no, nws yog qhov zoo dua los tiv thaiv kab mob plawv hauv thawj qhov chaw.
Heartworm Prevention
Txawm koj tus dev xav tau kev tiv thaiv raws caij nyoog lossis ib xyoos puag ncig los ntawm kab mob plawv yuav nyob ntawm seb koj nyob qhov twg. Muaj ntau ntau yam tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob plawv uas tau pom zoo los ntawm FDA uas tuaj yeem tau txais nrog daim ntawv xaj los ntawm koj tus kws kho tsiaj. Qee qhov yog tshuaj pleev, lwm tus yog qhov ncauj, thiab feem ntau yog koob tshuaj txhua hli. Ntau cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob plawv kuj tseem muaj kev tiv thaiv lwm yam kab mob hauv plab, nrog rau cov yoov, zuam, thiab mites.
Cov lus pom zoo los ntawm American Heartworm Association rau kev tiv thaiv kab mob muaj raws li hauv qab no:
- Muab tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob rau koj tus tsiaj txhua xyoo.
- Kom koj tus dev kuaj txhua xyoo rau cov kab mob plawv kom kho thiab kuaj mob sai yog tias muaj kab mob tshwm sim.
- Sib tham txog kev kho mob plawv zoo tshaj plaws nrog koj tus kws kho tsiaj.
Conclusion
Heartworms tuaj yeem ua rau muaj teeb meem loj rau dev, yog vim li cas nws yog qhov zoo tshaj los tiv thaiv kev kis kab mob. Feem ntau, cov dev tuaj yeem kho cov kab mob plawv, thiab lawv cov kab mob mus ntev yog qhov zoo. Hauv cov kab mob hnyav, txawm li cas los xij, cov kab mob plawv tuaj yeem ua rau tuag taus. Yog tias koj muaj kev txhawj xeeb txog kab mob plawv hauv koj tus dev lossis muaj lus nug txog kev tiv thaiv kab mob, nrog koj tus kws kho tsiaj tham txog qhov ua tau zoo tshaj plaws.