Nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio

ʻAʻole paha ʻoe i ʻike, akā ʻo nā ʻīlio, e like me nā kānaka, hiki ke loaʻa i ka maʻi Lyme mai nā ticks. Hiki ke maʻalahi nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui e ʻike i nā hōʻailona wale nō, akā e nānā mau i kāu ʻīlio no nā ticks.

He aha ka maʻi Lyme?

ʻO ka maʻi Lyme kekahi o nā maʻi i lawe pinepine ʻia. Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka makahiki 1975 ma Lyme a me Old Lyme, Connecticut, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi helu maʻamau o nā keiki i nā hōʻailona like me ka rheumatoid arthritis. Ua nahu ʻia kēia mau keiki a pau i ka ʻiʻo. Ua hoʻoholo ka poʻe loea ma hope mai ʻo ka maʻi Lyme ke kumu maʻamau e ka spirochete bacterium. ʻO Borrelia burgdorferi.¹ (ʻO ka mahalo, hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia ka maʻi Lyme e nā maʻi like ʻole o ka maʻi. ʻO Borrelia, Akā Burgdorferi ka mea maʻamau ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.) Hoʻopili pololei ka bacteria me ka ʻiʻo cellular, e hana ana i nā pilikia like ʻole.

Hoʻouna pinepine ʻia ka maʻi Lyme e ka deer tick (i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka ʻeleʻele wāwae wāwae), ʻoiai hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia e ka liʻiliʻi ʻekolu mau ʻano tick ʻē aʻe.² ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio, hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili i nā pōpoki.

Ma hea kahi e loaʻa ai ka maʻi Lyme?

Hiki ke loaʻa ka maʻi Lyme ma nā wahi āpau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā maʻamau ka maʻi ma ka Hikina ʻĀkau, Midwest luna, a me ka Moana Pākīpika.³ ʻOiai e hoʻomaka maʻamau ka wā tick i ka pūnāwai a hoʻomau i ka hāʻule ʻana, hiki ke hana kēia mau parasites ke piʻi ka mahana ma luna o ka hau (32°F). ʻOhi maʻamau nā ʻīlio ma nā wahi ulu lāʻau nui a i ʻole ma nā wahi i loaʻa nā lāʻau a i ʻole mauʻu kiʻekiʻe. Noho nō hoʻi nā ʻāʻī ma nā pā hale kahi i haʻalele ai nā holoholona ʻē aʻe iā lākou.

Nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio

ʻAʻohe ʻano ʻulaʻula i ka ʻīlio, i kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia ka maʻi o kāu pipi. Eia naʻe, kekahi mau hōʻailona maʻamau o ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio a me nā pōpoki:⁴

• Kau ka momona
• Pahū
• 'Oloke
• Pale
• ʻO ka pehu ʻana a i ʻole ka ʻeha
• Lameness (hiki ʻole ke hoʻoneʻe i nā lālā maʻamau)
• ʻAʻole makemake e neʻe

Hiki ke holomua nā hōʻailona a make i kekahi manawa, no laila he mea nui e ʻike i kāu ʻīlio inā loaʻa iā ia kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona.

Na ke kauā holoholona e hoʻokolokolo kino a haʻi iā ʻoe i ka mōʻaukala o kāu ʻīlio. No ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā ua loaʻa kāu pipi i ka maʻi Lyme, e kauoha mau kāu kauka holoholona i nā hoʻāʻo koko. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā antibodies maʻi Lyme i loko o ke koko hiki ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi maʻamau, a ʻike pinepine ʻia ma kahi o ʻekolu a ʻelima mau pule ma hope o ka nahu ʻana. Eia naʻe, i kekahi manawa hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona.

Inā hoʻi maikaʻi nā hoʻokolohua, e loaʻa i kāu ʻīlio nā lāʻau antibiotic a hiki i ʻehā pule. I kekahi manawa koi ʻia ka mālama ʻana a i ʻole ka lāʻau lapaʻau.

Ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio

ʻO ka pale ʻana ka pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i nā ticks, nā mea lawe i ka bacteria e kumu ai ka maʻi Lyme. E nānā i kāu pipi i kēlā me kēia lā no kēia mau palapa a inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi kiko, e wehe koke iā ia. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia no ka mea maʻamau ka lawe ʻana i ka maʻi Lyme ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha lā, no laila hiki i ka wehe koke ʻana iā lākou ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia.⁵

He mea koʻikoʻi i ka poʻe mea ʻai holoholona ke ʻike pehea e wehe ai i kahi kiko mai kahi pōpoki a ʻīlio paha. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā tweezers, e hopu i ke kiko a huki a paʻa a paʻa a kaʻawale a puka i waho, me ka ʻike pono e wehe ʻoe i ke poʻo. E hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻiʻo i loko o ka ʻawaʻawa ʻawaʻawa e make ai, a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka wahi nahu.

E pale aku i kāu pipi me kahi huahana pepehi kino e like me Adams Plus Flea a me Tick Treatment no nā ʻīlio, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale ʻauʻau a me ka tick a hiki i 30 lā. ʻO ka Adams Plus Flea a me Tick Collar no nā ʻīlio a me ka ʻīlio pepehi i nā ʻauʻau, nā ʻili, nā hua manu a me nā larvae a hiki i ʻeono mahina. Ma ke ʻano he bonus hoʻohui, hoʻokuke aku kēia mau huahana i nā makika.* He mea nui kēia no ka mea hiki i nā ʻīlio ke loaʻa i ka maʻi virus West Nile, i lawe ʻia e nā makika.

ʻAʻole lawa ka pale ʻana i kāu pipi; makemake ʻoe e mālama ʻole i kou home a me kou pā hale e pale aku iā ʻoe a me kāu ʻīlio. ʻO Adams Indoor Flea a Tick Spray a i ʻole Adams Plus Indoor Flea a me Tick Spray he mau huahana maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻohana ai a puni ka home, e hāʻawi ana i ka pale peʻa a hiki i ʻehiku mahina. E noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Adams Yard & Garden Spray, ka mea e pepehi ai i nā ʻauʻau, nā ʻaʻa, nā makika, nā ʻona a me nā mea hou aku.

Hiki i ka maʻi Lyme ke hōʻeha i nā hōʻailona maʻalahi i nā ʻīlio, akā i kekahi manawa hiki i nā ʻīlio ke loaʻa i nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka bacteria. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui ka pale ʻana i kāu ʻīlio a nānā mau i nā kiko ke hoʻi ʻoe i ka home mai ka leʻaleʻa waho.

*koe o Kaleponi

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 ma'i (Lyme borreliosis) ma na ilio." Iune 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. "ʻO ka maʻi Lyme i nā ʻīlio: nā hōʻailona, ​​​​nā hoʻāʻo, ka mālama ʻana a me ka pale ʻana." AKC, Mei 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.