From:
"Jeff"
Date: 2007-04-02 11:08:02 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Inslinomia
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
2 years old seems awfully young for insulinoma. The other symptoms that you mention - diarrhea, tooth grinding, dark tarry stools, and weight loss - all add up to ulcers.
If he has ulcers and is not eating, that could cause the low BG and other weakness and lethargy. Continuing to address that problem with Karo syrup is like throwing a band aid on a gaping wound.
According to an article by Dr. Bruce Williams, DVM, the proper treatement for ulcers is:
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The most commonly accepted treatment is a combination of Amoxicillin at 10-20 mg/lb twice daily [or 20 mg/lb for 5 days, then 10 mg/lb for the rest of the time -- from another article by Dr. Williams], metronidazole (Flagyl) at 30 mg/kg once daily, and Pepto-Bismol (1/15th of a tablet [or .5 to .75 cc of the liquid] once daily [or up to every 6 hours -- from another article]). This "triple therapy" has been shown to be effective in man, and to a large part effective in ferrets, but must be continued for 4-6 weeks. Unfortunately, ferrets CAN'T STAND the taste of either Flagyl or Pepto-Bismol, and client compliance with therapy is often a problem.
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The way that we beat ulcers when fighting them with Neo was SIX weeks of amoxicillin (given twice daily) and Pepcid AC (1/8 of a 10 mg tablet given daily), in conjunction with Carafate, which was given (0.5 ml) 20 minutes before every feeding.
If you fix the ulcers, you have a good chance of fixing this problem. If that doesn't work, then it may in fact be early insulinoma, or something else, at which point you may need to increase the Pred or take some other approach.
Jeff
In Memory of Neo
----- Original Message -----
>Milo is a 2 yo male with IBD. He has had periods of diarrhea, stomach pain,
> tooth grinding, dark tarry stools and weight loss. He is being managed with
> 0.25mg of prednislone daily. He weights 1 lbs 12 ozs. I also use carafate
> when needed...
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