Some can be serious and life-threatening. Most of them will not go away on their own....
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Are parasitic infections serious or will they go away on their own? - Animal Hospital of Statesville
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If you want to treat intestinal parasites, do things like making sure that you pick up the feces in your dog's yard so that if they did have a para...
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There are lots of NSAIDs out there. I would say that we stay away from human medications for dogs....
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Parasites have learned how to live on the pet for their entire lives....
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It depends on what parasite you're treating....
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They're never going to go away on their own. Fleas are just going to bite you and your dog. They're going to replicate. They're going to lay eggs....
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You generally do....
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Absolutely....
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I'd say no....
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We have a combination of oral medication and topical medications....
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It depends on which parasite you're talking about. Suppose it's fleas, for sure. Any of the animals, including people, can get fleas on them....
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There are doggy NSAIDs, which are different from human NSAIDs....
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We calculate the dose, usually by body weight, and then we figure out how long the pet needs it....
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There are all kinds of anecdotes out there made of brewers yeast and essential oils. I don't know; there are just tons of them out there....
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Sometimes yes, other times no. If we're talking about a litter of puppies, we'll deworm them all, but not necessarily when it comes to heartworms....
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If it's intestinal parasites, there's going to be a medication that we give orally that will kill that roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, or tapeworm....
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Clean, scoop, and wash your hands....
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Yeah, we want everybody in the household - every dog and cat - on some type of preventative or some kind of medication to make sure that the dogs a...
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If your dog has fleas, they can carry them in the house, and the fleas might bite you as well....
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There are some that you can give. Things like Gabapentin and Tramadol do cross over and are pretty similar, but the dosing is different....