In southern climates, a roundworm parasite has been detected, heartworm disease affects several domestic and wild animals such as cats, dogs, wolves, muskrats, coyotes in the US, Canada, Alaska and along the Gulf Coast and Mississippi River from 1856 to today damage to the hearts and lungs of their owners and ultimately killing them as they grow inside the hosts. right side of the heart.
Dirofilaria immitis or Heartworm Disease is caused by mosquitoes that absorb microfilariae or eggs of female adult worms from the blood of an infected animal that they suck. These microfilariae grow and become larvae at the mouth of mosquitoes, where they remain. The larvae leave the mosquito’s mouth when the mosquito bites another animal; these larvae enter the skin and muscle tissues, where they can find a way to reach the right side of the heart and mature there until they become adult worms. However, the process by which they enter the heart from the skin and muscles is not yet known. Mosquitoes are said to be the main host of heartworm disease when they bite a dog and pass the eggs with just one bite.
According to research and studies of concerned sectors, such as the heartworm society, of all 30 or more species, this is a dog or dogs that have the highest level of infected bodies due to heartworm disease. Clouds with insect mosquitoes are also a breeding ground for this disease; since the mosquito reaches its peak season, the heartworm is transmitted the fastest.
Because heartworm disease infects each dog to varying degrees depending on the health of the dog and the size and number of adult worms inside their bodies, the symptoms of heartworm disease for each dog vary. A dog that has heartworm disease cannot develop any symptom of heartworm disease until the number of worms increases. The most common symptom is that the dog often coughs. Blood cough and cough may indicate that their pulmonary artery and blood vessels do not work well. Arteries and blood vessels may already be damaged and irritated due to adult worms. Inflammation of the pulmonary artery can lead to pulmonary hypertension, which causes too much pressure, especially back pressure from clogged blood vessels. Consequently, abnormal circulation will occur. Blood coughing can also indicate that blood does not flow smoothly and normally through blood vessels affecting the vena cava and pulmonary arteries. Urine that has some blood may also indicate a damaged urinary system. In addition, intolerance to tedious activity is also considered a symptom. It is said that your dog may already be infected with a heartworm when they seem exhausted and very tired even after a short walk or a short game. Heartworm causes discomfort in the respiratory system, which affects the performance of other body systems.
Through filtration and occult heartworm disease can be detected in the blood of the host. Microfilariae in the blood can be detected. After discovering a treatment procedure, such as chemical therapy, surgery, or the provision of canine pills against heartworm development, a veterinarian can help to help save your dog's life.
