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Originally Posted by Mardelin  Dr. Centers is known for working with dogs with liver disease, but her specialty is internal medicine and also works with PLE. Actually, I meant to say she's at Cornell Universit not Columbia. |
yeah i know she is internal medicine just have never heard of her with ple cases and ple is a disease that needs a good nutritionist as diet is key. The drug used for this is steroids and not much else they can really do unless the diet is spot on sadly so nutrition is going to be very important in treating this. If the dog goes down then plasma transfusion is the best treatment even over hepastarch as jill had hepastarch i believe but it was the plasma that brought her back on track i believe. This is a tough disease sadly and the dogs can go down quick so it is critical to get on top of it in the beginning like it sounds like this owner is doing which is great
I definitely would consult dr centers for internal medicine since she is in your area. Also if you are near Red Bank dr green is a great internal medicine specialist but she only goes by referral from another client so if she is close let me know and i will give you my friends name to use for referral as my friend has gone to her for years- she has a liver shunt survivor with 25% use of his kidneys and she has 6 dogs and she is super picky too lolll
Red Bank Veterinary Hospital