From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-01-06 06:48:12 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] Urgent Trouble Breathing
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <LAW12-F13BNj4058ouE000123c6@hotmail.com>
Yes you need an X ray, but you also should have a blood coulnt done, severe
anemia can cause a similar problem. It usu causes an increased heart rate
as well because the heart is trying to keep up for the low red blood cell
count. If the RBC count is very low, she would not be able to oxygenate
properly because she doesn't have enough cell to carry the oxygen, and even
giving oxygen would not be enough. This would be a case where a trasfusion
would help.
You need to find the cause, cardiac, lung such as pneumonia, pleural effsion
(fluid in the chest, pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs themselves), Anemia
just not enough Red cells to get the oxygen she needs. Get her eval's ASAP.
If it is anemia the pred should help but it might take a while and a
transfusion could help in the mean time.
Best of luck.
Dr. Sue
>From: JchProcess@Yahoo.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] Urgent Trouble Breathing
>Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 04:31:59 +0000 (GMT)
>
>our 7 1/2 yr old Washu is having trouble breathing. We took her to the vet
>on Friday (our normal vet was out we were seen by someone covering for him)
>she though it was a mild cold gave her a shot of batril and a steriod
>(don't know what kind)and sent us home wiht some Baytril w/ VAL syrup and
>told us to keep an eye on her. Today she was having much more trouble
>breathing she is very laborded breathing with her stomach mostly We talked
>to our vet over the phone and he thought maybe she had fluid in her lungs
>After we took her in he said he could not hear any fluid in her lungs. Her
>temp is not abnormal. He said he really wasn't sure what was wrong with her
>he said he wanted to give prednisone a try and gave her a shot of that and
>gave us to take home andgive her 1ml twice a day and to call if it got
>worse. Washu doesn't seem any worse but she seems to be getting more and
>more tired. I would guess doing all this work just to get air is making her
>tired. I am worried we are over looking something does anyone have any
>ideas??? Oh in my rush to get through this I forgot to mention he did't
>hear any problems with her heart either He said it was a little fast but
>that was due to the laborded breathing please email any ideas as soon as
>possible
>Thank You
>Jen
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