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05-15-2015, 08:27 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2015 Location: The Villages, FL, USA
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| hypothyroid...or not? Hi Ladies and Gents...hoping someone can shed some light/insight on a recent diagnosis. Mikey Mugoo went in to the vet with skin issues, a bit of diarrhea and one episode of vomiting. Everyone is assuming skin issues are related to allergies (Florida is notorious). When he was "found" (he is a rescue) he was treated with prednisone and antibiotics. When he was taken in by the rescue, he was again treated with prednisone and antibiotics. Then when I adopted him, AGAIN with a pred/antibiotic combo medication. At this visit, I asked for a lab panel, as well as a few other checks (urine, ears--which were loaded with bacteria and yeast, eyes, anals, teeth, etc). Two days later vet called with dx hypothyroid. We got him put on lowest dose twice a day soloxine (he's about 11 lbs). Got two whole doses into him and he became so lethargic that he didn't even react when the garbage truck went by! Normally he is so alert that dad cannot go into the garage for a soda and back in without Mikey announcing to the world warning of a possible intruder. He slept through the whole day. I called the vet; they told me to discontinue the thyroid medication, which was a no-brainer, and the following day he did bounce back out of it. I read the veterinarian Merck manual about TSH, T3, T4; it's pretty heavy information that my brain only slightly gets. However, on the labs there was mention of some dogs with no sign of hypothyroidism are likely euthyroid sick (syndrome). His numbers were said to be "borderline" but definitely hypo, even a more in-depth blood draw after the initial one. HAS ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF THING? Vet insists this medication is not known to have this effect...thanks |
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05-15-2015, 11:33 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Hi and welcome to YT ! Wow, how confusing this must be. I just recently read an article about thyroid testing here and it was rather interesting: Tests and Treatments for Thyroid Disease in Pets In addition to the skin issues, are there *any* other issues at all? Oftentimes, dogs w/ chronic recurrent skin infections have Cushings...I would check out the symptoms for this, just in case.
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05-15-2015, 12:50 PM | #3 |
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| Medicine for hypothyroid should not do that at all. My yorkie has hypothyroidism and was lethargic, had skin issues, weight issues, and so on and we did her yearly blood work and it came back with thyroid issues so they did a different test for the thyroid. The they diagnosed it. She was put on medicine and after a few days was showing massive improvement. My dad has had his thyroid removed due to cancer and with both cases if they get to much of the medicine it should make them a be hyper, lose weight fast and very thirsty. I would maybe look into getting a second opinion. The regular thyroid test is not enough to diagnose it and it has to be the more indept test.
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05-15-2015, 05:30 PM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: May 2015 Location: The Villages, FL, USA
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| recommended article thanks for the recommendation article on thyroid in pets. I have LOTS of notes to refer to now when I narrow down where to go for 2nd opinion. |
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