Lyme Disease Symptoms In Dogs

Is your dog attacked by a deer-tick or black-legged tick?

Just keep evaluating or checking your dog’s skin so as to mark the presence of any tick (if any). This tick carries a bacteria called as the genus borellia which is capable of causing Lyme disease to your pet. This disease can be very deadly if detected late. However, to transmit these bacteria completely to the dog, the tick needs to remain stuck for around 48 hours to the dog’s body so if detected before that, the disease can be greatly prevented. This disease cannot be transferred from dogs to humans but still you must be aware of the Signs of Lyme Disease in Dogs.

Some of the common Symptoms of Lyme Disease in Dogs are-

1. One of the first symptoms to look about in your dogs is limping. Check out your feel and legs of dogs whether they are painful and swelled. The lymph node in the affected leg can also undergo some major swelling and moreover the leg joints can also suffer a lot.
2. Your dog may become a victim of confusion, nervousness and even seizures. The pet might go lethargic and can also show some abnormal behavior and completely opposite to its actual behavior. This is one of the major Lyme Disease Symptoms in Dogs.
3. Fever can also develop as a result of Lyme disease in your dogs and the temperature might rise to 103-105 degrees Fahrenheit. Vomiting and anorexia can also be noticed in Lyme Disease Dogs.
4. The symptoms may resemble to the symptoms of kidney failure like bad smelling breathe like ammonia, severely increased or decreased urination. Even the abdomen of dogs may swell or extend to an alarming level.
5. The above symptoms were not much severe while the severe ones may include encephalitis, protein losing glomerulonueropathy, kidney failure, myocarditis, and meningitis.
6. Other Dog Lyme Disease Symptoms include stiff walk with an arched back, sensitive to touch, difficulty in breathing, lack of appetite, depression.
7. Other symptoms reported which are rare are heart abnormalities leading to complete heart blockage and nervous system complications.

In many cases, the Lyme Disease Symptoms Dogs do not show any symptoms and thus it is very necessary that you prefer a regular and daily check up of your dogs and thus remove any tick attached to the body of your dog. Keep your dog healthy and safe.