Benefits of Using Flea and Tick Preventative Medications
Prevent Tick-Borne Diseases
By preventing or killing ticks, your pet is at reduced risk of contracting tick-borne diseases such as Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Basesiosis, Canine Ehrlichiosis, and Tularemia.
Reduce or Prevent Skin Allergies, Hot Spots, and Skin Infections
Flea saliva causes allergic reactions is many pets triggering skin allergies resulting in itching and scratching. This itching and scratching can lead to scratches, hot spots, and other skin infeactions and problems.
Tapeworm Prevention
Tapeworms are often carried and transmitted by fleas. Using a flea preventative medication can reduce the risk of your pet contracting tapeworms.
Understanding Heartworms and Heartworm Medications
What are Heartworms and Heartworm Disease?
Heartworm disease is a disease caused by the heartworm parasite. It is typically spread by mosquitos who can carry the heartworm parasite. Mosquitos can inject the heartworm parasite into your pet when biting them. Once transmitted, the heartworm parasite can quickly spread throughtout the pet's body by developing inside blood vessels. The heartworm parasite then makes its may to the pet's heart and pulmonary vessels. Heartworms can grow to be several inches in length.
Heartworm disease is very serious and if left untreated can be fatal to your pet. As the heartworm parasite grows, it will cause damage severe damage to the lungs and the heart of the pet. Once cotracted, heartworm disease is difficult to treat. It is difficult to detect heartworm disease in its early stages which allows it to worsen easily. It can only be detected in its early stages through heartworm testing by a veterinarian. However, heartworm disease is easily preventable through the use of heartworm prevention medications. The best heartworm prevention medications are given on a monthly basis. These heartworm prevention medications kill the heartworm parasites at an early stage before they become large enough to develop in the pet's heart and pulmonary arteries.