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Originally Posted by dwerten  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 |
Have you seen a dog with PLE......it's not pretty....I have....talk to Rosmark...on here, she recently lost one to the disease and she was gone within a month. It is genetic and not to scare the OP mortality rate is not great.....diet alone cannot save a dog. Neither can holistic medicine, it takes aggressive treatment...
Yes, Dr. Centers works with PLE all the time....