什麼是心臟雜音症?

心臟雜音是影響寵物最常見的心臟問題之一。 這是由心臟瓣膜未能正確關閉所引起的。

 

有什麼跡象嗎?
  • 水腫
  • 腿部腫脹(液體積聚) 
  • 腹部腫脹(液體流到腹部) 
  • 呼吸困難 
  • 由於缺乏氧氣牙齦顏色變紫/藍色
  • 咳嗽(血液到肺)
  • 減少運動耐量
  • 無法行走
  • 昏暈
  • 體重变輕
 
如果你覺得你的狗有心臟病之該需你的狗到獸醫檢.
 
以防止或處理有心臟雜音必做之事:
  • 改善營養,提供更多營養, 餵優質的蛋白質 
  • 排除不必要的鹽
  • 使用不含氟的水(香港的水是帶有氟的)
  • 減肥 
  • 定期和温和運動 
  • 確保你的狗有良好的牙齒健康(已經被證實口腔的細菌能引致心臟瓣膜感染) 
  • 補充 Omega-3 (i.e. Pure Green, Green+Green)
  • 補充 Taurine/ CoQ10 例如心肉(i.e. 火雞心
  • 補充中藥利尿藥 以幫助減少液體積聚(見利尿) (i.e. Hawathorn & Dandelion)
     

不同級

根據響度,心臟雜音分為六個等級(參見 AKC)

They are:
Grade 1 = a very soft, localized murmur detected only after several minutes of listening
Grade 2 = a soft murmur, heard immediately but localized to a small area
Grade 3 = a moderately intense murmur, that is readily detected and detected over more than one location
Grade 4 = a moderately intense or loud murmur, detected over several areas, usually both sides of the chest, however, a precordial thrill (vibration) is not detected in this case
Grade 5 = a loud murmur accompanied by a precordial thrill over the point of maximal intensity
Grade 6 = a very loud murmur accompanied by a precordial thrill and the murmur is detected when the stethoscope is pulled slightly off the chest wall