Lime Disease in Dog

Lime Disease in Dog

Lime Fever is a tick-borne human disease in the area of the town of Lime, Connecticut, researchers found dogs, as well as many other dogs, also contract the disease. It is caused by a spirochete and has been identified in many states. Arthritis caused by this disease is self-limiting but treatment shortens the course.

Just Two questions are often asked, “What caused the infection, Doctor?” and “My dog is kept in a fenced-in area, has regular inoculations and checkups, and yet why is it sick? There are dogs running loose all over the neighborhood and nothing seems to happen to them.”

In answer to the second query, those dogs lose in the neighborhood have many more problems than the protected dog fights, poisoning, lacerations, and injuries from automobiles, to name a few.

As far as why many infections arise, we just don’t know. The dog may have an infected area in the ear.

We do know there are microorganisms capable of causing diseases around us all the time in amazingly large numbers. If enough of one of them gains entry to the system in a location in which they can grow and if the dog is susceptible they may cause disease.

We are sure there are changes in the immune systems of all dogs from time to time from unknown causes. This is a theory that explains why, in mid – summertime, a well-nourished, emotionally well-adjusted dog in a household with other dogs develops pneumonia.

The following are the symptoms associated with lime disease in dogs.

Symptoms of Lime Disease in Dog

• The affected dog would be suffering from a very high fever.
• It would also have swollen lymph nodes.
• The dog would also be suffering from lameness
• Your pet may show up symptoms like inflamed joints
• It would also be seen to be very lethargic and would be reluctant to go for rigorous physical exercises

In case you find the above-mentioned symptoms, you are recommended to take your dog to a reputed vet clinic for a thorough check-up. On taking your dog to a vet clinic the vet doctor would follow certain steps for diagnosing the disease. The vet doc would go through the medical history of the pet and would track down the recent whereabouts of the dog. The doctor would try to find out whether the dog has traveled through any endemic disease-affected zone from where it has been infected with the deer tick. He would then carry out some physical examinations in detail. He would probably recommend your dog undergo a blood test that would help the doctor to trace out any presence of the bacterium named Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria.

There can be various types of therapy to treat the dog. An effective antimicrobial therapy would help your dog to recover from the disease within forty-eight hours. The dog can also be treated with antibiotic medication like Doxycycline, Cephalexin, Tetracycline, Amoxicillin,, and such.

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