From:
"Sue Liszewski"
Date: 2004-03-04 06:00:10 UTC
Subject: RE: [ferrethealth] RE: Virus/infections & Insulinomic response?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <BAY15-F48pItaguJ1eF00016962@hotmail.com>
Sepsia is an overwhelming infection in the blood and rest of the body. These
are nasty and often difficult to treat withot the aid of cultures, IV fluids
and IV antibiotics and even that is no guarentee of resolution. Causes are
many, one of the most common comes from a leak or tear in part of the
intestinal tract leading to peritonitis and sepsis. This can occur with a
long standing foreign body obstruction, cancer, or severe fulminant IBD or
Autoimmune intestinal disease. There are other causes such as direct
transfer, a wound from a sharp dirty object (Ie old nail). and many others.
Don't know if this is what you were looking for. I had a case in a cat
that had lymphoma of the intestnal tract that this happened too and the
bacterila proliferation was so severe the bacteria consumed all the glucose
and we could not keep it up even with a dextrose infusion. I have had
ferrets with blockages stomach or intestine that would go hypoglycemic. But
I suspect yours might be insulinoma. As for Azium its okay in the short
term but I do not agree that is is easier to stop Azium then pred. Hope
this helps.
Dr. Sue
>From: kssz1@aol.com
>Reply-To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
>Subject: [ferrethealth] RE: Virus/infections & Insulinomic response?
>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 03:02:26 +0000 (GMT)
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>Thanks for your responses- I have been feeding them regularly with a high
>protien soup in addition to the kibble that they are eating. This has been
>keeping them stable for the most part. The one not on Azium is stable with
>just the feedings & now both of the other 2 are being treated with Azium as
>well as the feedings. I figure I'll go ahead and get the insulin testing
>done on them so that I can know for sure whether or not they have
>insulinoma and go from there. Now I am wondering- is Azium an okay
>medication to treat them with for the time being? I believe my vet chose
>this because it could be discontinued if their blood sugar drop was caused
>by something other than pancreatic tumors. Also, I am still curious about
>what sepsis is. I cannot really find any info on it that gives a concrete
>explanation of its causes, effects and its cures.
>
>Thanks again!
>
>Michelle
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