Sentences with phrase «dying heartworms»

Nine days after his first treatment, he developed respiratory distress and suddenly died as the result of dying heartworms blocking is pulmonary arteries.

Strict cage rest is instituted to minimize the risk of blood clots which may form in the lungs as a result of dying heartworms.

It is important to try to accomplish this with a minimum of harmful effects from drugs and a tolerable degree of complications created by the dying heartworms.

The most important part of treating a dog with an adult heartworm infection is to minimize the harmful effects of the drugs and reduce any complications produced by the dying heartworms.

This is not so much from the drug itself, but from the lung reactions the cat has to the dying heartworms.

These antibiotics are given to fight bacteria given off by the dying heartworms.

Medications are available that can kill the heartworms quickly, but in some patients that are already fragile, the dying heartworms can land in the lungs and other organs of the body (called an embolus), resulting in the death of the patient.

The dying heartworms also cause intense lung tissue damage, which is directly related to the mass of dying heartworms and rate of breakdown.