Zizindikiro za Matenda a Lyme mwa Agalu

Mwina simungazindikire, koma agalu, monga anthu, amatha kutenga matenda a Lyme kuchokera ku nkhupakupa. Zizindikiro za matenda a Lyme mwa agalu zimatha kukhala zobisika ngati simukudziwa zoyenera kuyang'ana. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndikofunikira kudziwa osati zizindikiro zokha, komanso nthawi zonse fufuzani galu wanu ngati nkhupakupa.

Kodi matenda a Lyme ndi chiyani?

Matenda a Lyme ndi amodzi mwa matenda omwe amafalitsidwa kwambiri ndi nkhupakupa. Zinanenedwa koyamba ku United States kumbuyoko mu 1975 ku Lyme ndi Old Lyme, Connecticut, kumene chiwerengero chachilendo cha ana chinali ndi zizindikiro zofanana ndi nyamakazi ya nyamakazi. Ana onsewa analumidwa ndi nkhupakupa. Pambuyo pake akatswiri anapeza kuti matenda a Lyme nthaŵi zambiri amayamba chifukwa cha bakiteriya yotchedwa spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi.¹ (Chochititsa chidwi, matenda a Lyme amatha kuyambitsidwa ndi mitundu ingapo ya ma virus. borrelia, Koma Burgdorferi ofala kwambiri ku United States.) Mabakiteriya amalumikizana mwachindunji ndi minofu yam'manja, zomwe zimayambitsa mavuto osiyanasiyana.

Matenda a Lyme nthawi zambiri amafalitsidwa ndi nkhupakupa (yomwe imatchedwanso nkhupakupa za miyendo yakuda), ngakhale kuti imatha kufalikira ndi mitundu ina itatu ya nkhupakupa.² Ngakhale kuti matenda a Lyme amapezeka kwambiri mwa agalu, amathanso kupatsira amphaka.

Kodi matenda a Lyme amapezeka kuti?

Matenda a Lyme amapezeka kumadera aliwonse a United States, koma amapezeka kwambiri kumpoto chakum'mawa, kumtunda kwa Midwest, ndi Pacific Coast.³ Ngakhale kuti nthawi ya nkhupakupa imayamba m'nyengo ya masika mpaka kugwa, tizilombo toyambitsa matenda timeneti timatha kugwira ntchito pamene kutentha kumakwera pamwamba pa kuzizira (32 ° F). Nthawi zambiri agalu amatola nkhupakupa m’madera amene muli mitengo yambiri kapena m’madera amene muli tchire kapena udzu wautali. Nkhupakupa zimakhalanso kuseri kwa nyumba kumene nyama zina zimazisiya.

Zizindikiro za Matenda a Lyme mwa Agalu

Agalu alibe mawonekedwe ofiira, nthawi zina zidzolo za ng'ombe zomwe anthu timaziwona, kotero kuti matenda a chiweto chanu sangawonekere. Komabe, zizindikiro zina za matenda a Lyme mwa agalu ndi amphaka ndi awa:⁴

• Kuchepetsa chidwi
• Kusokonezeka maganizo
• Kutopa
• Thupi
• Kutupa kwa mafupa kapena kupweteka
• Kupunduka (kulephera kusuntha miyendo bwino)
• Kusafuna kusuntha

Zizindikiro zimatha kukula ndipo nthawi zina zimatha kufa, choncho ndikofunikira kuti apezeke galu wanu ngati ali ndi zizindikiro izi.

Veterinarian adzakuyesani ndikukuuzani mbiri ya galu wanu. Kuti mudziwe ngati chiweto chanu chadwala matenda a Lyme, veterinarian wanu nthawi zambiri amayitanitsa kuyezetsa magazi. Kukhalapo kwa ma antibodies a matenda a Lyme m'magazi kumatha kuwonetsa matenda, ndipo nthawi zambiri amawonekera pakatha milungu itatu kapena isanu chiluma cha nkhupakupa. Komabe, nthawi zina amatha kuzindikirika musanazindikire zizindikiro.

Ngati mayeso abweranso, galu wanu adzalandira maantibayotiki kwa milungu inayi. Nthawi zina chithandizo chanthawi yayitali chimafunika.

Kupewa matenda a Lyme mwa agalu

Kuteteza ndiye chitetezo chabwino kwambiri ku nkhupakupa, zonyamula mabakiteriya omwe amayambitsa matenda a Lyme. Yang'anani chiweto chanu tsiku lililonse kuti chipezeke ndi tiziromboti ndipo ngati mutapeza nkhupakupa, chotsani nthawi yomweyo. Izi ndizofunikira chifukwa nkhupakupa nthawi zambiri zimatenga tsiku limodzi kapena awiri kuti zifalitse matenda a Lyme, kotero kuzichotsa mwachangu kumachepetsa chiopsezo.⁵

Ndikofunikira kuti eni ziweto zonse adziwe momwe angachotsere nkhupakupa kwa mphaka kapena galu. Pogwiritsa ntchito ma tweezers, gwirani nkhupakupa ndikukoka mwamphamvu ndi mwamphamvu mpaka itamasuka ndi kutuluka, onetsetsani kuti mwachotsa mutu. Ivikeni nkhupakupa mukupaka mowa kuti muphe, ndipo yeretsani bwino ndikupha tizilombo tomwe talumidwapo.

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Matenda a Lyme amatha kuyambitsa zizindikiro zochepa mwa agalu, koma nthawi zina agalu amatha kuchitapo kanthu kwambiri ndi mabakiteriya. Ndicho chifukwa chake ndikofunikira kuteteza galu wanu ndikuyang'ana nkhupakupa nthawi zonse mukabwerera kunyumba kuchokera ku zosangalatsa zakunja.

*kupatula California

1. Lyme Bay Foundation. "Borrelia burgdorferi". BayAreaLyme.org, https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/what-causes-lyme-disease/borrelia-burgdorferi/.

2. Straubinger, Reinhard K. "Matenda a Lyme (Lyme borreliosis) mwa agalu." June 2018. Merck Veterinary Manual, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.

3. Ibid.

4. Meyers, Harriet. "Matenda a Lyme mu Agalu: Zizindikiro, Mayesero, Chithandizo ndi Kapewedwe." AKC, Meyi 15, 2020, https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/lyme-disease-in-dogs/.

5. Straubinger, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.