Not exact matches
CPR essentially consists of a pattern of chest compressions
and rescue breaths (i.e. artificial blood circulation
and lung ventilation)
and is intended to maintain a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain
and the
heart and thereby extend the otherwise brief window of opportunity for successfully restarting the
heart without
permanent brain damage.
What happens is that it's sort of an end stage disease of a cat instead of actually becoming a worm in the
heart,
and it creates some pretty significant chronic
and permanent lung changes.
«These parasites cause irreversible
permanent damage to the blood vessels in the
heart and lungs,» explains Ernie Ward, DVM, CVFT.
Heartworm can cause severe
and permanent damage to your cat's
heart and lungs or cause their death.
Cocaine causes
permanent damage to the
heart and brain, psychosis, weight loss, liver, kidney,
and lung damage,
and death.