From:
"Joan"
Date: 2006-12-01 10:26:37 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: Ileus
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Wouldn't an opiate, such as vetrinary lomotil,cause the muscle action to slow? J
- In ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com, "Sukie Crandall" <sukie@...> wrote:
>
> Some people asked off-list what this is.
>
> Ileus can be an obstruction or a failure of the intestine to create the motions needed to
> pass things along failure of peristalsis). Sometimes there is also peritonitis with it.
>
> Blockages don't always show up. Not passing waste allows a build up of toxins which is
> quite rapidly dangerous.
>
> Prompt emergency surgery tends to be the best thing to do, but this ferret beat the
odds
> by having an infectious cause, and I am so glad to read of improvement.
>
> I know that sometimes in the very young a neural problem can be a cause, but not if it
> would show up in this way at this age.
>
> We had a ferret who came to us as "freebie" due to a paw deformity who also had GI
> abnormalities that can be related to differences in nerve function. In his case he was
not
> able to pass food well from his stomach and later his small intestine also kicked up with
> distention. He did have markings that are associated with neural crest genetic
variations.
> Although he did not have a head blaze or a panda head he did have extraneous white
body
> spotting beyond the normal standard markings.
>
> I know that there are meds which can help the stomach pass foods, though Scooter
could
> not have them because his stomach became too thinly walled. Whether these would
also
> encourage the needed peristalsis in the intestines, I have no idea, and I don't know
which
> meds are used for that effect.
>
> A friend's human child who had a section of intestine without working nerves had to
have
> that piece removed and until he was strong enough to do so they put him on an opiate
> which helped pass things, but I do not know the particulars nor if it would even be
> appropriate for a ferret.
>
> Luckily, in this ferret's case the cause was a self-correcting infection. If someone can
> explain the mechanism by which an infection would stop peristalsis I would be very
> grateful for the learning opportunity.
>
> This is the first time I have heard of this in relation to an infection.
>
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