5 Things You Didn't Know About Heartworms
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- Опубліковано 12 тра 2015
- Heartworms are a huge danger to pets, and most people think they know everything they need to know about them. But most people are WRONG. This week, Dr. Andy shares 5 things you didn't know about these parasites.
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hi, this might be a stupid question but is there any chance at all that a human can get heartworms?
This is amazing! Thank you for making this video
Don't forget about the gastric symptoms like vomiting in cats. Plus we have cats that cough chronically test positive.
Have they finally discovered the vector for the sea lion heartworm? I have been following that since they found it but they were pointing to a mite as the vector then. They were uncertain of the modality of transmission at that point.
In Tuolumne county, here in California, HW was first discovered in the state in 1954. It's endemic of course and the fatal falling-over cat syndrome is common. Very sad. We have found them floating in the abdomen and in kidneys before. Freaky! Had a lot of cats treated long term with prednisone and feline heartguard. What's your protocol?
Back in the early 80s my boss treated a cat with caparsolate and it survived. The owner consented to this rather "experimental" treatment knowing the cat might not live. He did fine and lived another 8 years symptom free. There was no feline prevention then, only diethylcarbamazine.
THANK YOU, Dr. Roark! I wish we could play this on continuous loop in our clinic lobby! So many people just don't want to put (or keep) their pets on HWP...and it's even worse with cat owners, because they assume their cat can't get parasites because they 'never go outside'...*headdesk*
I plan on sharing this video frequently just to remind people how important HWP is!
p.s. I knew about ferrets, but I certainly didn't know about Sea Lions...
Stacy Harvey Thank you for the kind words and for helping me spread the word!
Just a bit confused! Why test if the test does not work unless the worms are 6 month adults and bad? If indeed it takes 6 months to show, what to do? Test, lock down for 6 months, test again and THEN give the meds? I am told that it is EXTREMELY dangerous to give HWP meds to an animal that HAS them.
Stu Cabe These are great questions. The test checks for adult worms, so if it's negative, we can assume they're not there. Adult worms are what we really worry about when giving HWP meds. The recommendations right now are to test and if the test is negative, begin regular HWP medications (or get back on schedule). If we don't start them, we might get infected later on or have an increase in the severity of the infection. So that's my advice: if we test and it's negative, get started on prevention. If the dog is positive when we re-test, then we'll deal with that problem them. In the meantime, we're better off to kill the larvae we can and prevent further infection. Hope that helps clarify! Thanks for the great question.
Thanks for the great answer! :)
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I think I knew some of this. But maybe I didn't. I guarantee YOU didn't.
hi, this might be a stupid question but is there any chance at all that a human can get heartworms?