From:
lorichristian@earthlink.net
Date: 2003-10-16 18:15:41 UTC
Subject: WBC low, glucose low, comments please
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5291141.1066328141068.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Symptoms: Mojo was pawing at his mouth, drooling, and not wanting to eat anything but chicken baby food.
Brief history -- UTI at 10 weeks old. Ulcers 1+ yr ago. Same symptoms as this time in Feb 2003 -- treated with amox and cleared up.
X-rays normal. Blood work normal except glucose of 50, WBC of 2.2. I know that low glucose points to insulinoma. I have no idea what such a low WBC means. Have thumbed through all the literature at hand (Fox, Hillyer, and Ferrets for Dummies) and haven't been enlightened.
Vet put Mojo on amox and prednisolone for now. In the absence of other symptoms he's leaning toward a hypothesis of chronic gastritis due to heliobacter and says that could even account for a one-off low glucose result. Emphasis on hypothesis vs diagnosis at the point.
Mojo doesn't have the classic insulinoma symptoms -- no spacing out, no hind-end weakness, etc -- but vet wants to re-check glucose after course of antibiotics is finished.
I would appreciate comment on what a low WBC says to you all.
Thanks-
Lori
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