From:
Bryan Gaidanowicz
Date: 2002-02-09 10:48:00 UTC
Subject: sick, deaf, and now adrenal?
I'd like to post a short history of Ozzie's recent troubles in
hopes that it may throw up a flag for someone who may know what's
going on. Ozzie is about 6.5 yrs. old. Here it goes...
-He was suspected to be going blind about a year ago.
-Three weeks ago, he came down with a severe ear infection which
ruptured one of his ear drums. After three weeks of being on two
very strong antibiotics(Chloramphenicol and Baytril), the infection
has cleared, but his head is still left at a slight tilt and his
equilibrium is still a little off.
-During these vet vistits, he was diagnosed as being completely
blind.
-While on the antibiotics, he began to lose fur around the back part
of his shoulders and some slight thinning around his upper stomach
and tail. I also noticed "seedy" looking stoll after the second week
of treatment but that has since disapeared along with the infection.
He also has not lost any more hair.
-My former vet diagnosed it as adrenal with just a physical exam and
prescribed lysodren. I asked her about lupron and she didn't know
anything about it and didn't seem to want to learn.
Somewhat fed up with her, I brought him to a new vet last night for
a second oppinion. He was very worried about the lysodren and
advised me not to use it until we were sure that he had adrenal. He
too had not heard of lupron. I guess ferrret medicine in SC is just
a little behind the rest of the world. He was somewhat skeptical
that it was even adrenal as he didn't show the classic signs and
recomended that we do nothing for a couple of weeks and see if the
fur grows back. If not, he is looking into the cost of having an
ultrasound done to take a closer look.
What I'm wondering, is if this is the right way to go. Is there
anything else that could have caused these symptoms? (Like being on
strong antibiotics for nearly 3 and a half weeks?)
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