Symptoms of heartworm infection in dogs

1 Infected dogs first develop chronic cough, but do not have upper respiratory tract infection. The cough worsens during exercise, or the dog is easily fatigued during exercise.
2 As the disease progresses, dogs may develop symptoms such as palpitations and weak pulse, heart murmurs, liver pain on palpation, hydrops in the chest and abdomen, general edema, and difficulty breathing.
3 In dogs that have been infected for a long time, pulmonary heart disease is very obvious.
4 If heartworm infection is severe, the dog may die due to general weakness or collapse during exercise.
5 Infected dogs often have nodular skin diseases such as skin itching and ulceration.

How to treat heartworm infection in dogs

After the dog owner finds that the dog has similar symptoms, he needs to take the dog to test whether there are adult heartworms or microfilariae in the body to determine whether the infection is Medication treatment should be coordinated with veterinary treatment. Do not use medication indiscriminately. Dogs that have been infected with adult heartworms may die acutely after taking medication.

How to Prevent Heartworms

When it comes to heartworms, prevention is better than cure. Effective prevention can be achieved by regularly taking insecticides such as Quanxinbao.
But if you don't care about it at all, it will die immediately after it develops into an adult.
1 Kill the intermediate host
Heartworm is transmitted through mosquitoes and fleas. Dog owners need to pay attention to regular external deworming of dogs and minimize the time spent in grass and woods. Repellent against mosquitoes and fleas, effectively prevents heartworm infection.
2 Regular deworming
Feed Canine Xinbao every month to prevent microfilariae from developing into adult worms.
Note: Heartworm repellent medicine is generally not harmful to dogs with heart disease, but heart disease itself is a serious disease, so you need to be careful when taking medicine, and it is best to consult a doctor first.