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sadiesamie · 01-12-2008, 02:33 PM

I recently switched my girls to sodium free spring water because we were having high blood pressure issues. One of my girls was prescribed otc claritin for her skin allergies. we already were dealing with severe protein loss in urine which is aka glomelur disease. well--high bp is a symptom. HOwever- after seeing a specialist he said that the Claritin could be what was causing the bp so high (265) yep you read that correctly. so we had been giving them spring water-no sodium bc the vet and specialist said that it would help the bp problem. and he said that there is A LOT of sodium in regular faucet water.

BUT now that her bp is well under control since stopping the claritin- her last bp reading was 130. so yeah- a great big change with that. i really think the sodium free spring water is making their eyes all watery and they now have loads of discharge. anyone ever experiece this or have any other suggestions. i am not as overly concerned switching back to faucet or reg bottled water but i really think by changing thier water...that the sodium free spring water has something to do with this as crazy as that sounds. :-) appreciate any feedback

01-12-2008, 02:33 PM	#1
sadiesamie YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 604	what kind of water do you give to your yorkies? I recently switched my girls to sodium free spring water because we were having high blood pressure issues. One of my girls was prescribed otc claritin for her skin allergies. we already were dealing with severe protein loss in urine which is aka glomelur disease. well--high bp is a symptom. HOwever- after seeing a specialist he said that the Claritin could be what was causing the bp so high (265) yep you read that correctly. so we had been giving them spring water-no sodium bc the vet and specialist said that it would help the bp problem. and he said that there is A LOT of sodium in regular faucet water. BUT now that her bp is well under control since stopping the claritin- her last bp reading was 130. so yeah- a great big change with that. i really think the sodium free spring water is making their eyes all watery and they now have loads of discharge. anyone ever experiece this or have any other suggestions. i am not as overly concerned switching back to faucet or reg bottled water but i really think by changing thier water...that the sodium free spring water has something to do with this as crazy as that sounds. :-) appreciate any feedback Last edited by sadiesamie; 01-12-2008 at 02:35 PM.