Need help I have an 11 yr old Yorkie named Boomer. Recently, he became very tired and lazy and the Dr found his thyroid levels low but he also has a high calcuim level in his blood, which at this time we do not know why. He also started to loose his eye sight within a matter of a week. I have to take him back to the vet to take x-rays to see if he has cancer. I am hoping that the eye problem is from the thyroid issue and not cancer. Has any experienced any of this with their yorkie. I am so upset and desperately seeking answers. THANK YOU |
I had a yorkie with a thyroid problem, but my insight comes from my own experience of having hyperthyroidism and it definitely affects the eyesight. Hopefully the calcium thing can be worked out. With medication, the thyroid issue is easily dealt with, after getting the dosage right. I do suggest you ask your vet about a natural medication versus synthetic. I'm not sure if it's available for animals, but it sure made a difference with me. Hope all works out well, keep us posted. |
Vets are the expert. If you are concerned, I suggest you to speak with your vet. I hope it is nothing serious... It could be aging... |
Have your doc test the PTH -- parathyroid hormone levels too. The parathyroids sit on the thyroids and do quite a bit of the calcium balancing job. I don't know about dogs but in humans parathyroid disease is almost always the cause of high calcium. Sometimes tumors can grow on the thyroid gland that can affect both the thyroid production and the parathyroid processes. Most often these tumors or nodules are benign. Removing them can often fix the problems -- but many times the whole thyroid gland and maybe some of the parathyroids have to be removed. In that case, the patient has to take hormones by pill the rest of their life. I have quite a bit of experience with thyroid and parathyroid problems as they relate to people. At least it gives you someplace to start a conversation with your vet. |
Thank you so much. I saw something about the parathyroid on line and how it can effect the calcium. I am glad to hear you tell me it makes me feel better. Boomer is doing better except for his eye sight seems to have gotten worse. I will be brining him to the vet tomorrow to have the eyes examined. Thank you again. This forum is so helpful!! |
Maya my 10 year old pom was just diagnosed with Hypothyroidism and is on 2 pills a day for the rest of her life. They did a lot of tests before confirming the diagnosis. Maya was having frequent skin infections, tired all the time, hair loss and drinking a lot more water. The one thing that was strange was Maya was losing weight which usually doesn't happen with hypothyroid and one of her tests was low instead of high which the vet said was a little unusual. But I read that could be the parathyroid problem. I hope you can get the eyesight issue resolved. Good luck |
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