From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2004-12-02 20:29:42 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] RE: Shelby---heart trouble--supplements
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <6479531.1102019382087.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
Insulinoma itself can cause diarrhea if it isn't controlled enough, and we have seen it sometimes along with a consistent wasting until the meds were gotten right with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. I can't recall if we saw it with A/V Node Block when that needed meds adjustments or if we would have even been able to separate that out from the insulinoma which caused it. Not everything which causes diarrhea is GI so don't forget to also consider the non-GI causes that might relate to her known diseases, but give her time for any GI tract irritation to go down first. I have heard that you don't have ultrasound available there. Has the heart been x-rayed? It's not as good but it at least gives some information to allow better shaping of the treatment protocol for the heart disease. I sent you info on one vet cardiology consultant company which helped us greatly (and can be found in one of the Files on heart problems in
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