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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2006-04-04 22:00:30 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: treating thyroid problems
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Has the chest been imaged? That is always a good idea when there is any trouble breathing. Need to check lungs, heart, thoracic cavity, etc.
There is one way -- but only one way and it is very rare -- that I can think of for an adrenal growth to effect breathing. It is something that Dr. Bruce Williams has mentioned seeing but I can't recall if he said so publicly or privately because it was something he thought might have been among the things which could have been happening with our Jumpstart until it turned out to be hidden lymphoma. Anyway, sometimes with adrenal growths the unusual fat deposition will include fat in the thoracic cavity. He was a confusing one, too. Even ultrasounds didn't find his problem until his final day when he suddenly presented with a thoracic mass that was growing in real time. The one thing not tried which might have helped with a diagnosis in his case was a marrow aspirate.
I have another question: was it the vet who said that the fatness being seen with your little one is fat, or is that a guess? I ask because heart disease will cause ascites which often shows as abdominal fluid and trouble breathing.
Ascites can have other causes but heart disease is the most common one.
Usually you would expect the trouble to happen more when moving around but fluid can pool when an individual is at rest so if that chest has not been imaged it could make sense to do so.
You are right. The symptoms for this little one certainly are very confusing. It seems like some things will just have to be tried until an answer shows up.
Author wrote:
> OK, I've ordered melatonin and will order lupron. If it works, it'll resolve everything, or
> almost everything. It just didn't look like any adrenal I'd seen--balding was different,
> I've only ever seen weight loss, not gain, and the occasional pained, labored exhaling
> still has me stumped. What, though, would force him to practically spasm in order to
> exhale, but would come and go, hitting him mostly when he's been relaxing/sleeping?
> Poor guy has gotten a different diagnosis every time he goes to a vet, even the same
> vet. I've got a new ferret vet now, though, so maybe this time.
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