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Dog Heartworm Disease: How Worse Can it Get?

By: Anne Ming

Any disease suffered by your pet requires your immediate attention. As a responsible pet owner, it is your duty to make sure that your dog lives as comfortably and happy it is should. One of the worst diseases your pet could acquire is dog heartworm. This is a type of disease that is transferred from one host to another through mosquitoes.

Whats tricky about this disease is the fact that its symptoms doesnt show right away. In fact, it may even take a full year before your dog suffers from its common effects like coughing, fatigue, or blood discharge. Worse, it could even be too late for your dog to recover from the disease at this point. The more complicated cases of heartworm may lead your dogs death in just a few days after the full incubation of the disease. And oftentimes, this happens exactly when the major symptoms show.
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Actually, there are a lot worse things that could happen to you, but they are hard to think of when you have white cold sores on your tongue. You never really appreciate just how sensitive your tongue is until it’s hurting in some way. Then, that discomfort suddenly becomes your whole world. If you get any sore on your tongue that you can’t explain, please go see a doctor. And please don’t use this article in the place of a doctor’s advice.

Where Did They Come From?

Long ago, our ancestors thought that white cold sores on the tongue were a curse from enemies or angry gods. Considering their extreme discomfort, you can be forgiven for still thinking they are curses from your enemies or angry gods. They are from the herpes virus, in fact, which is a very common virus.

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