Sentences with phrase «dead heartworms»

But the fragments of dead heartworms can cause serious complications and even death, so it is absolutely essential that the dog be kept quiet and avoid exercise for a full month following treatment.

Dead Heartworms in Dog Poop?

After any heartworm treatment, the antigen heartworm tests have a greater incidence of false positive results since the test is for antigens that are released from dead heartworms as well as live heartworms.

Fewer numbers of dead heartworms mean less chance of adverse effects from the treatment.

Large numbers of live or dead heartworms in the bloodstream can result in blockages in the blood vessels causing inflammation and serious damage.

The presence of the dead heartworms in the pulmonary arteries are why it is very important to confine dogs treated for heartworms for six to eight weeks to keep them quiet while their body eliminates the dead heartworms.

This is a clogging of the pulmonary arteries by the dead heartworms.

Dogs with severe infections often require administration of corticosteroids to reduce inflammation from the dead heartworms.

Dead heartworms are even more damaging than live heartworms.

This is because of the violent way cats react to dead heartworms and the fact that cats handle the approved medication for dogs poorly.

All treated dogs need to rest to minimize a reaction from the dead heartworms.

Dead heartworms can still cause a pulmonary allergic reaction with its associated problems.

This is extremely important in order to keep the dead heartworms from circulating throughout the bloodstream and blocking your dog's arteries.

Very small dogs don't have much room for the dead heartworms to occupy.

After treatment, excessive activity and exercise can increase the risk of movement of the dead heartworms through the body, clogging the arteries, and creating serious heart and lung complications.

This rest period will ensure that their body is able to absorb the dead heartworms well without resulting to any side effects.

Dead heartworms can be as problematic as living ones.

Dead heartworms can cause blood clots to form in the lungs which can be fatal.

Even a dead heartworm can kill the animal during treatment.

The dead heartworms have no exit, and must be reabsorbed by the body without causing a blockage.

This is the time the dog's body must deal with all the dead heartworms in its circulation.