Txheem
Tej zaum koj yuav tsis paub nws, tab sis dev, zoo li tib neeg, tuaj yeem kis tus kab mob Lyme los ntawm zuam. Cov tsos mob ntawm tus kab mob Lyme hauv dev tuaj yeem hloov maj mam yog tias koj tsis paub yuav nrhiav dab tsi. Qhov no yog vim li cas nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom paub tsis yog cov tsos mob nkaus xwb, tab sis kuj tsis tu ncua xyuas koj tus dev rau zuam.
Lyme disease yog dab tsi?
Kab mob Lyme yog ib yam kab mob uas kis tau los ntawm zuam tshaj plaws. Nws tau tshaj tawm thawj zaug hauv Tebchaws Meskas rov qab rau xyoo 1975 hauv Lyme thiab Old Lyme, Connecticut, qhov chaw uas cov menyuam yaus muaj cov tsos mob zoo ib yam li mob caj dab rheumatoid. Tag nrho cov me nyuam no raug zuam tom. Cov kws tshaj lij tom qab txiav txim siab tias tus kab mob Lyme feem ntau tshwm sim los ntawm tus kab mob spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi.1 (Qhov zoo siab, tus kab mob Lyme tuaj yeem tsim los ntawm ntau hom kab mob sib txawv. cov borrelia, Tab sis Burgdorferi feem ntau tshwm sim hauv Tebchaws Meskas.) Cov kab mob cuam tshuam ncaj qha nrog cov ntaub so ntswg ntawm tes, ua rau muaj ntau yam teeb meem.
Tus kab mob Lyme feem ntau kis tau los ntawm tus mos lwj zuam (tseem hu ua tus zuam dub-legged), txawm hais tias nws tuaj yeem kis tau los ntawm tsawg kawg peb lwm hom zuam.2 Txawm hais tias tus kab mob Lyme muaj ntau dua hauv cov dev, nws tuaj yeem kis tau rau miv thiab.
Tus kab mob Lyme tshwm sim qhov twg?
Tus kab mob Lyme tuaj yeem pom nyob rau hauv ib feem ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, tab sis feem ntau muaj nyob rau sab qaum teb sab hnub tuaj, sab hnub poob sab hnub poob, thiab Pacific ntug dej hiav txwv.3 Txawm hais tias lub caij zuam feem ntau pib thaum lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav thiab txuas ntxiv mus rau lub caij nplooj zeeg, cov kab mob no tuaj yeem ua haujlwm thaum kub siab tshaj qhov khov (32 ° F). Cov dev feem ntau khaws cov zuam hauv thaj chaw ntoo hnyav lossis hauv thaj chaw uas muaj hav txwv yeem lossis nyom siab. Ticks kuj nyob hauv lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev uas lwm cov tsiaj tawm hauv lawv.
Cov tsos mob ntawm tus kab mob Lyme hauv dev
Cov dev tsis muaj tus yam ntxwv liab, qee zaum cov pob khaus-qhov muag uas peb tib neeg pom, yog li koj tus tsiaj tus kab mob yuav tsis pom tseeb. Txawm li cas los xij, qee cov tsos mob ntawm tus kab mob Lyme hauv dev thiab miv muaj xws li:4
- Tsis qab los noj mov
- Kev nyuaj siab
- Nkees
- Ua npaws
- Kho pob qij txha los yog mob
- Lameness (tsis muaj peev xwm txav ceg ceg li qub)
- Tsis kam txav
Cov tsos mob tuaj yeem ua tiav thiab qee zaum ua rau tuag taus, yog li nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom kuaj xyuas koj tus dev yog tias nws muaj cov tsos mob no.
Tus kws kho tsiaj yuav kuaj xyuas lub cev thiab qhia koj tus dev keeb kwm. Txhawm rau txiav txim siab seb koj tus tsiaj puas tau kis tus kab mob Lyme, koj tus kws kho tsiaj feem ntau yuav xaj kom kuaj ntshav. Qhov muaj cov kab mob Lyme cov tshuaj tiv thaiv kab mob hauv cov ntshav tuaj yeem qhia tau tias muaj kev kis kab mob, thiab lawv feem ntau tshwm sim li peb mus rau tsib lub lis piam tom qab zuam tom. Txawm li cas los xij, qee zaum lawv tuaj yeem kuaj tau txawm tias ua ntej koj pom cov tsos mob.
Yog tias qhov kev ntsuam xyuas rov qab zoo, koj tus dev yuav tau txais tshuaj tua kab mob ntev txog plaub lub lis piam. Qee zaum kev kho mob ntev dua lossis kev kho mob yuav tsum tau ua.
Tiv thaiv kab mob Lyme hauv dev
Kev tiv thaiv yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws tiv thaiv cov zuam, cov kab mob ntawm cov kab mob uas ua rau tus kab mob Lyme. Tshawb xyuas koj tus tsiaj txhua hnub rau cov kab mob no thiab yog tias koj pom zuam, tshem nws tam sim ntawd. Qhov no yog qhov tseem ceeb vim tias cov zuam feem ntau siv sijhawm li ib mus rau ob hnub txhawm rau kis tus kab mob Lyme, yog li tshem tawm sai sai tuaj yeem txo qhov kev pheej hmoo.5
Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau txhua tus tswv tsiaj kom paub yuav ua li cas tshem tawm zuam los ntawm miv los yog dev. Siv cov tweezers, lob tus zuam thiab rub kom ruaj khov thiab ruaj khov kom txog thaum nws yog dawb thiab txhua txoj kev tawm, xyuas kom koj tshem tawm lub taub hau. Muab cov zuam tso rau hauv cov dej cawv los ntxuav nws, thiab ntxuav kom huv si thiab tua kab mob ntawm qhov chaw tom.
Tiv thaiv koj tus tsiaj ntxiv nrog rau cov khoom tua zuam xws li Adams Plus Flea thiab Tick Treatment for Dogs, uas muab kev tiv thaiv flea thiab zuam mus txog 30 hnub. Adams Plus Flea thiab zuam dab tshos rau dev thiab menyuam dev tua fleas, zuam, fleas thiab larvae mus txog rau lub hlis. Raws li ib qho ntxiv, cov khoom no kuj tua yoov tshaj cum.* Qhov no tseem ceeb heev vim tias dev tuaj yeem kis tus kab mob West Nile, uas yog yoov tshaj cum.
Tiv thaiv koj tus tsiaj tsis txaus; koj xav kom koj lub tsev thiab vaj tsev tsis muaj kab tsuag los tiv thaiv koj thiab koj tus dev. Adams Indoor Flea and Tick Spray los yog Adams Plus Indoor Flea and Tick Spray yog cov khoom zoo heev siv nyob ib puag ncig hauv tsev, muab kev tiv thaiv flea mus txog xya lub hlis. Xav txog kev siv Adams Yard & Garden Spray, uas tua hma, zuam, yoov tshaj cum, ntsaum thiab ntau dua.
Tus kab mob Lyme tuaj yeem ua rau cov tsos mob me me hauv cov dev, tab sis qee zaum cov dev tuaj yeem muaj cov kab mob hnyav heev. Yog li ntawd nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb los tiv thaiv koj tus dev thiab nco ntsoov xyuas cov zuam thaum koj rov qab los tsev los ntawm kev lom zem sab nraum zoov.
* tsis suav nrog 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. "Lyme kab mob (Lyme borreliosis) hauv dev." Lub Rau Hli 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. "Cov kab mob Lyme hauv dev: Cov tsos mob, kuaj, kho thiab tiv thaiv." AKC, Tsib Hlis 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.