From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2003-10-17 04:05:07 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] WBC low, glucose low, comments please
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <Law12-F114MMAv7Nf40000083ec@hotmail.com>
How Old Is He??????
Susan Liszewski DVM
>From: lorichristian@earthlink.net
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] WBC low, glucose low, comments please
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:15:41 +0100 (BST)
>
>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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