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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Oh that's interesting, especially the dementia aspect.
In her original post the OP said that the vet said that "calcium level is 5.9, she said she thinks it's hypoparathyroid." Hypo usually means slow, so I guess that means a slow working parathyroid that isn't producing enough calcium in the blood. The OP wanted to about alternative calcium, as the type she was told to buy was very expensive. I do know that you have to be careful about the type, as some is not absorbed as well as others, or it must be in some type of combination, for best absorption. According to her second post the pharmacy came up with a better price now.
To the OP, if this is a suppliment that will be needed for a long time, you might be able to find better prices on the web, they can contact your doctor if a prescription is needed. I wonder if the diarrhea could cause a low calcium test result? |
i definitely know the diarrhea will cause that as the way they diagnose dogs for lymphangiecstasia is low calcium, low protien, and low cholesterol as i have read a necropsy for a dog who died of lymphangiecstasia and that was on it. A vet mentioned this to me as ibd dogs can get this disease so i wanted to learn everything about it so someone on a health yahoo group sent me the necropsy for her dog to review.
I just heard back from Jean Dodds and she said hypoparathyroid is very rare in dogs and she is very knowledgeable about blood work having studied it for 40 years and she gets blood work from vets and specialists from all over the world to review as a second opinion. If it was common she would probably know.