From:
sfox@ycp.edu
Date: 2003-07-03 22:33:58 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: What is "DIC"?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1057271638.3f04af563947d@mail.ycp.edu>
This is fairly accurate. The coagulation system goes "wacky" and forms
microscopic clots throughout the body. As a result all the clotting factors
are used up, so to speak, leaving none to stop bleeding after surgery or
injury. There is little that can be done unless it's caught right away, and
even then it's iffy.
Sandra
Quoting mjanke@miamiferret.org:
> DIC = Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. It's a disorder of the
> clotting mechanism of the blood and as I understand it, is the result of
> other problems and not a disease onto itself.
>
> mike
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>
> Author wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I had a ferret pass recently and after talking to the vet, he said he
> thought there might have been complications from DIC but he either didn't
> explain it well or I just didn't understand it because at the time I was
> rather upset.
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