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Heartworms are bugs that attack an animal's heart and cause congenital heart issues if not detected. They are broadcast from animal to animal, after one is bit by an infected mosquito. Heartworms typically live in the right ventricle of the heart and in the nearby blood vessels.

Adult female and male and feminine that are living in your pet's heart produce a vast amount of baby bugs that circulate thru your pet's body. Those worms now live in the guts of the just infected animal, where they become adults and start to reproduce.

Heartworm disease develops when the baby worms are broadcast into the new animal, it takes roughly 6 to 7 months for them to grow and become reproducing adult worms. They are only perceivable when they are adults, so an animal needs to be infected for at least six months before it can be diagnosed thru blood tests or X-rays.

Since heartworms can be spread easily from animal to animal, it's important to use defensive measures to protect your pet. Veterinarians recommend heartworm prevention for all dogs and as knowledge on heartworms in cats is increasing, prevention for cats is also becoming common.

In order to protect your pets from heartworm disease:

If your pet is over 7 months and is started on preventive heartworm medication without 1st testing, they are in danger for heavy reactions to the medication.

Puppies should be given a heartworm preventative by the point they are 8 weeks old.

Puppies ought to be checked out after they are 7 months old even if they are taking preventative medication.

Testing should be done each 2-3 years if the dog is frequently given the preventive medicine, and each year if any doses of the medication were missed.

You can start the preventative medicine without an initial test.

Cats do not display the same symptoms as dogs. The symptoms in cats are similar to those of other common cat diseases.

However, if they are detected in your dog, there are curable treatments to use. A sequence of injections cause the adult heartworms living in the heart to die. The worms then repeatedly break up into smaller pieces till they are small enough for the body to absorb. While this is occurring, the dog's heart is working harder than common so it's important that the dog doesn't do any strenuous exercise for 5 weeks. Be sure that your dog receives a follow up test six months after the treatment to make sure that the heartworms are gone. There are presently no heartworm treatments for kittens yet. .
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Heartworm in cats.