Alamomin cutar Lyme a cikin karnuka

Wataƙila ba za ku gane ba, amma karnuka, kamar mutane, na iya ɗaukar cutar Lyme daga kaska. Alamun cutar Lyme a cikin karnuka na iya zama da dabara sosai idan ba ku san abin da za ku nema ba. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa yana da mahimmanci a san ba kawai alamun bayyanar ba, amma kuma a kai a kai bincika kare ku don ticks.

Menene cutar Lyme?

Cutar Lyme tana daya daga cikin cututtukan da ake yada kaska. An fara ba da rahoto a Amurka a cikin 1975 a Lyme da Old Lyme, Connecticut, inda yawancin yara da ba a sani ba suna da alamun cututtuka irin na rheumatoid arthritis. Duk wadannan yaran an cije su da kaska. Daga baya masana sun tabbatar da cewa cutar ta Lyme yawanci tana haifar da kwayar cutar spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi.¹ (Abin sha'awa shine, cutar Lyme na iya haifar da fasaha ta nau'ikan ƙwayoyin cuta daban-daban. borrelia, Amma Burgdorferi Mafi yawanci a Amurka.) Kwayoyin cuta suna hulɗa kai tsaye tare da ƙwayar salula, suna haifar da matsaloli iri-iri.

Cutar sankarau tana yaduwa ta hanyar kaska na barewa (kuma ana kiranta kaska mai baƙar fata), ko da yake ana iya kamuwa da ita ta wasu nau'ikan kaska uku aƙalla.² Ko da yake cutar Lyme ta fi yawa a cikin karnuka, tana iya cutar da kuliyoyi kuma.

A ina cutar Lyme ke faruwa?

Ana iya samun cutar Lyme a kowane yanki na Amurka, amma ya fi kowa a Arewa maso Gabas, Tsakiyar Tsakiyar Tsakiya, da Tekun Pacific.³ Kodayake lokacin kaska yakan fara ne a cikin bazara kuma yana ci gaba zuwa cikin fall, waɗannan ƙwayoyin cuta na iya yin aiki lokacin da yanayin zafi ya tashi sama da daskarewa (32°F). Karnuka yawanci suna tsintar kaska a wuraren da suke da dazuzzuka ko kuma a wuraren da akwai ciyayi ko dogayen ciyawa. Ticks kuma suna zaune a bayan gida inda sauran dabbobi ke barin su.

Alamomin cutar Lyme a cikin karnuka

Karnuka ba su da halayyar ja, wani lokacin kumburin idon bijimin da mu mutane muke gani, don haka cutar da dabbobin ku na iya zama ba a bayyane ba. Koyaya, wasu alamun cutar Lyme na yau da kullun a cikin karnuka da kuliyoyi sun haɗa da:⁴

• Rashin ci
• Dama
• Wulo
• Fever
• kumburin haɗin gwiwa ko zafi
• Lameness (rashin iya motsa gaɓoɓi akai-akai)
• Rashin son motsawa

Alamun na iya ci gaba kuma wasu lokuta suna mutuwa, don haka yana da mahimmanci a gano kare ku idan yana da ɗayan waɗannan alamun.

Likitan dabbobi zai yi gwajin jiki kuma ya gaya muku tarihin kare ku. Don sanin ko dabbobin ku sun kamu da cutar Lyme, likitan ku zai ba da umarnin gwajin jini. Kasancewar kwayoyin cutar Lyme a cikin jini na iya nuna kamuwa da cuta mai aiki, kuma yawanci suna bayyana kusan makonni uku zuwa biyar bayan cizon kaska. Duk da haka, wani lokacin ana iya gano su tun kafin ka ga alamun.

Idan gwaje-gwajen sun dawo tabbatacce, kare ku zai karɓi maganin rigakafi har zuwa makonni huɗu. Wani lokaci ana buƙatar dogon magani ko magani.

Hana cutar Lyme a cikin karnuka

Rigakafi shine mafi kyawun kariya daga ticks, masu ɗaukar ƙwayoyin cuta waɗanda ke haifar da cutar Lyme. Bincika dabbar ku kowace rana don waɗannan parasites kuma idan kun sami kaska, cire shi nan da nan. Wannan yana da mahimmanci saboda ticks yawanci suna ɗaukar kusan kwana ɗaya zuwa biyu don yada cutar Lyme, don haka cire su da sauri na iya rage haɗarin.⁵

Yana da mahimmanci ga duk masu mallakar dabbobi su san yadda ake cire kaska daga cat ko kare. Yin amfani da tweezers, ƙwace kaska kuma ja da ƙarfi da ƙarfi har sai ya kasance kyauta kuma gaba ɗaya, tabbatar da cire kan. A tsoma kaska a cikin shafa barasa don kashe shi, kuma a tsaftace da kuma lalata wurin cizon.

Kare dabbobin ku har ma da wani samfurin kisa kamar Adams Plus Flea da Tick Treatment ga Dogs, wanda ke ba da kariya ga ƙuma da kaska har zuwa kwanaki 30. Adams Plus Flea da Tick Collar na karnuka da kwikwiyo na kashe ƙuma, ticks, ƙwai da tsutsa har tsawon watanni shida. A matsayin ƙarin kari, waɗannan samfuran kuma suna hana sauro.* Wannan yana da mahimmanci domin karnuka suna iya kamuwa da cutar ta West Nile, wadda sauro ke ɗauka.

Kare dabbobinka bai isa ba; kuna son kiyaye kwarin gidanku da yadi kyauta don kare ku da kare ku. Adams Indoor Flea da Tick Spray ko Adams Plus Indoor Flea da Tick Spray kyawawan samfuran ne don amfani a kusa da gida, suna ba da kariya ga ƙuma har zuwa watanni bakwai. Yi la'akari da amfani da Adams Yard & Garden Spray, wanda ke kashe ƙuma, ticks, sauro, tururuwa da ƙari.

Cutar Lyme na iya haifar da ƙananan bayyanar cututtuka a cikin karnuka, amma wasu lokuta karnuka na iya samun mummunan halayen ƙwayoyin cuta. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa yana da mahimmanci don kare kare ku kuma koyaushe bincika ticks lokacin da kuka dawo gida daga nishaɗin waje.

* ban da 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. "Cutar Lyme (Lyme borreliosis) a cikin karnuka." Yuni 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. "Cutar Lyme a cikin Dogs: Alamomi, Gwaje-gwaje, Jiyya da Rigakafin." AKC, Mayu 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.