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SnowWa · 12-04-2005, 10:37 PM

I didn't want to mention any specific post or make anyone feel that I am critizing them - because I am not.

One post I read recently wasn't a post by someone giving medical advise. It was a post by someone whose dogs have been very sick...seriously sick...very sad.

I am doing this from memory. The orginal poster said that some six of her dogs had been treated for HGE. I believe she said that it had cost some $1000 plus per dog to treat them for this.

Anyway - of course, I was curious regarding what might be wrong with her little dogs. I looked up HGE to see what it was. It stands for "hemorrhagic gastroenteritis" -- a very serious problem.

Later posts by other people did say what HGE stood for...but I had already looked it up by then.

This is a recent example of only an abbreviation being used -- when mentioning the entire name of the condition or medical entity would be very helpful. If "hemorrhagic gastroenteritis" has been mentioned only once - the abbreviation could have been used after that - and we would have known what it stood for.

This is really no big deal - it would just be helpful......

Thanks for your reply.

Carol Jean

12-04-2005, 10:37 PM	#3
SnowWa YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,992	I didn't want to mention any specific post or make anyone feel that I am critizing them - because I am not. One post I read recently wasn't a post by someone giving medical advise. It was a post by someone whose dogs have been very sick...seriously sick...very sad. I am doing this from memory. The orginal poster said that some six of her dogs had been treated for HGE. I believe she said that it had cost some $1000 plus per dog to treat them for this. Anyway - of course, I was curious regarding what might be wrong with her little dogs. I looked up HGE to see what it was. It stands for "hemorrhagic gastroenteritis" -- a very serious problem. Later posts by other people did say what HGE stood for...but I had already looked it up by then. This is a recent example of only an abbreviation being used -- when mentioning the entire name of the condition or medical entity would be very helpful. If "hemorrhagic gastroenteritis" has been mentioned only once - the abbreviation could have been used after that - and we would have known what it stood for. This is really no big deal - it would just be helpful...... Thanks for your reply. Carol Jean __________________ http://tinypic.com/ipxhmb.jpg A Yorkie is worth a thousand words.