La i-canine filariasis, esidume ngokuba sisifo sentliziyo, sisifo esinzulu semvelaphi yesidleleli, esichaphazela ikakhulu iintliziyo zenja nemiphunga yemiphunga. Konke oku kukhokelela kwiimpawu ezinzulu kakhulu, ezinje ngokuphefumla ubunzima okanye ii-arrhythmias ezinzima. Ngethamsanqa, isayensi yezonyango inamanyathelo asebenzayo okukhusela le meko.
Esi sifo sidluliselwa ngokulunywa yingcongconi esosulelekileyo, kwaye sibangelwa sisifunxi-gazi ekuthiwa sisifo I-Dirofilaria immitis. Ngumbungu oza kuhlala entliziyweni yesilwanyana kwaye ubeke umbungu ngaphakathi, apho ziguqula zibe ziintshulube zabantu abadala ezibizwa ngokuba yifilariae. Banokulinganisa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-30 cm ubude, ngokuchaphazela ngokukodwa imithambo yemiphunga kunye nemithambo.
Los iimpawu Oko kubangela konke oku kubonakaliswe xa usulelo sele lusasazeke ngokubanzi, iinyanga kunye neminyaka emva kokuba ungenwe. Ziyahluka kakhulu kwaye zibhidaniswa ngokulula nezo zezinye izifo: iingxaki zokuphefumla, ukungakhathali, isiyezi, ukuphelelwa ngamandla, ukuphuma kweempumlo, ukukhohlela nokuphelelwa ngumdla wokutya. Kwimpawu zokuqala eziboniswa yinja yethu, kufuneka simse kwangoko kwiklinikhi yezilwanyana.
Un Uvavanyo lwegazi ihlala yanele ukuba uchwepheshe abone ukuba ikhona ifilasiasis, nangona ngamanye amaxesha iindlela ezinjenge-X-ray ziyimfuneko. Ukuba esi sifo asikahambi phambili, sinokunyangwa ngamayeza okanye ngongenelelo lotyando ukuba iintshulube zabantu abadala sele zifakiwe entliziyweni.
Sinokuyithintela le ntsholongwane ekuchaphazeleni inja yethu ngamanyathelo athile afana nokusetyenziswa kweemveliso ezifanelekileyo, ezisoloko zicetyiswa ngugqirha wezilwanyana. Ezi zitshizi, iipipette, kunye neepilisi, phakathi kwezinye. Kufuneka sisebenzise la manyathelo okhuseleko kwiinyanga ezishushu (ukusukela ngo-Epreli ukuya ku-Okthobha), nangona kuyacetyiswa ukuba sihlale silumkile unyaka wonke ngenxa yeenguqu eziqhubekayo kubushushu.
Kwangokunjalo, iingcongconi ezihambisa esi sifo zihlala zikhona ikakhulu kwiindawo ezinomswakama ezineemozulu ezishushu, ngakumbi kufutshane nemilambo, imigxobhozo okanye amachibi. Eyona ndawo ichaphazeleke kakhulu eYurophu sisiseko seMeditera.