Canine Heartworm Disease

Hachiko in "The Loyal Dog Hachiko" died of canine heartworm disease. Heartworms can parasitize in the heart of dogs and cause fatal disease. The infection is through mosquito bites. The older you are, the greater the chance of infection.
Symptoms: decreased mobility, cough, anemia, ascites, asthma, etc.
Preventive treatment methods: Take anthelmintics regularly every month and do a blood test at an appropriate time.

Canine Diabetes

Never feed all the good things into your dog’s mouth!
Symptoms: Eating too much, drinking too much, urinating too much, losing weight, and many serious and fatal complications will develop in the later stage.
Derived complications: cataracts, hypokalemia, ketoacidosis, etc. Treatment requires great patience from the owner, otherwise the condition will get worse.
Prevention and treatment methods: Eat high-fiber, low-fat foods, such as vegetables, prescription grains, etc.
Insulin should be injected every day if necessary. The treatment of diabetes is not difficult, but many owners neglect to take care of it, causing tragedy.

Canine Pneumonia

There are usually five causes of pneumonia in dogs:
1. Foreign body pneumonia, which often occurs in dogs with abnormal upper gastrointestinal systems. It is also prone to occur if the correct and improper anesthesia is handled, and breeds with short necks and short muzzles are most likely to occur.
2. Fungal pneumonia is more likely to occur in large dogs. Different molds have specific infectivity to different breeds. The incidence rate of male dogs is three times that of female dogs.
3. Damage to lung function, which means damage to the tissue between the alveoli and the alveoli, is often a secondary symptom of canine distemper infection.
4. Bacterial pneumonia is more likely to occur in large male dog puppies that exercise a lot.
5. Immune pneumonia, congenital immune deficiency causes lung infection, and heartworm infection is also a common cause.
In addition to the typical symptoms, a large amount of yellow-like secretion will appear in the dog's nasal cavity. In addition to blood tests and X-rays, bacterial culture and drug sensitivity testing are effective ways to select drugs.

Blood parasites

Symptoms: weight loss, lack of energy, and pale gum mucosa.
Preventative treatment methods: Regularly use flea drops or spray to repel insects.

Pyometra in dogs

Unneutered female dogs are prone to pyometra due to bacterial infection and abnormal endocrine. Pyometra is divided into open and closed types, with the latter being more dangerous.
If the situation is serious, bacterial endotoxin infection will affect the function of the heart, insufficient blood flow to the kidneys, leading to uremia, and even death from multiple organ failure.
Symptoms: The vagina discharges thick yellow juice or the abdomen gradually becomes enlarged.
Dogs prone to pyometra: There is no dog breed that is particularly susceptible to pyometra, but it is more common in dogs over six years old.occur.
Preventive treatment methods: timely sterilization.

Canine Malignant Tumor

Like humans, there is not much that can be done about this disease at present.
Symptoms: Overt symptoms are rare.
Preventive and treatment methods: do relevant examinations regularly and develop good living habits.

Accident injuries

Heatstroke? Pesticide?
You may not believe it, but the mortality rate of dog accidents is extremely high. Because dogs are naturally very curious and love to explore everywhere, whether indoors or outdoors, the carelessness of the scavenger may put the dog in danger.
Common fatal accidents for dogs include car accidents, falls from heights, crushing injuries from heavy objects, electric shock, drowning, heat stroke, food poisoning, etc.
In seasons when there are more mosquitoes and fleas, owners often use insecticides and dogs have the habit of licking everywhere, which often causes dogs to be poisoned and die.
Prevention and treatment methods: Please be careful, and seek medical attention promptly if problems arise.

Infectious Diseases

The most common and fatal malignant infectious diseases are canine distemper and canine parvovirus. Unless the owner is not immunized in time, the dog cannot independently manage the living environment, dogs The way you meet and greet each other can easily lead to disease transmission.
If you have a new dog member in your family, remember to get a health check from your doctor first.
Symptoms: Increased body temperature, lack of energy, anorexia, vomiting, diarrhea, and acute watery hemorrhagic diarrhea.
Prevention and treatment methods: Make sure the living environment is clean, administer vaccinations regularly, and do not let dogs lick each other with other dogs of unknown origin.

Canine Heart Disease

The symptoms of dog heart disease are very similar to those of humans and are related to obesity and aging. But the worst part is that owners often delay the disease due to negligence. Medical treatment resulted in the death of the dog.
There are also dog breeds that are easily excited, and often suffer from acute shock due to inappropriate excessive exercise when uninformed children or relatives and friends come to visit.
Symptoms: Easy to breathe and tired.
Prevention and treatment methods: Avoid dog obesity, eat a reasonable diet, exercise appropriately, and pay attention to controlling the emotions of easily frightened dogs.
In addition to considerable experience, doctors who diagnose heart disease must also have the necessary medical testing equipment for examination. Supplemented by long-term medication, regular follow-up and correct feeding and management, they can always ensure safety.