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02-06-2012, 03:48 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: united states
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| UPDATE diagnosed with possible HGE, maybe Inflammatory bowel disease. Need advice! I contacted the vet that treated Daisy at the emergency hospital she went the first night they thought she had HGE. I was telling him about the symptoms she is still having, such as the vomiting and had another bloody diarrhea since the first one in December. Before telling him what my vet and I have ruled out he asked if shes been tested for inflammatory bowel disease which is the one thing we havent ruled out. I did a little online research and saw that the main symptom is diarrhea which she really doesnt have. She has a lot of loose bowel movements and then they go back to normal. Her bowel movement usually changes doesnt stay loose or normal too long just goes back and forth every other day almost. I was wondering if anyone knows anything about inflammatory bowel disease and if her symptoms sound like what youve experienced with your dog. -frequent vomiting, (every other day usually at night) until we started reglan on january 9th. Shes has vomited four times since then and throughout the day burps and then sounds like shes vomiting in her mouth and swallowing it. Some times sounds like a cat does when they have a hairball. -normal activity until the last week (I feel like she hasnt been as active as usual). She used to be high energy and very hyper from 7 at night until about 11pm. Now she really is hyper about 15 minutes then back to laying down. -She eat IAMS catfish and potato. 1/4 to 1/2 cup canned food throughout the day (I break it up so its about four times a day). Started this January 9th. -She has had three episodes of bloody diarrha. february 2011 then was fine after treatment until the next episode in early december 2011. another one on january 2012. -shes had baruim xray, xray, exploratory surgery, tests for about everything it feels like. giardia test february 2011. ruled out pancreatis, addisons, ulcer, liver shunt, blockage (but still keep hair as a possibility but they doubt it), bloodwork, and im going to have stool sample for them to test on the 17th, biopsy hasnt been sent out yet, but I want to call tomorrow and tell them to go ahead. Also when they did the exploratory surgery the vet felt like her gi tract was not that inflammed and everything seemed normal. -being treated with hypoallergenic food and 1ml reglan twice daily, 1/4 of a pepcid pill once daily. -vet recently suggested trying a quarter inch of vasoline (if it is a hairball to help it move through her gi tract). I see a lot of hair in her bowel movements (my hair and her hair). I havent tried this yet though. -spoken with three different vets. -shes one year seven months old and weighs a little over 3 pounds. |
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02-06-2012, 03:55 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: united states
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| Sorry forgot when she had the barium xray the barium moved abnormally slow out of her stomach. Which is why we thought blockage, but didnt see one during surgery (this also makes me believe it could be hair bothering still, but they really doubt it). Does inflammatory bowel disease cause slow motility in the gi tract? |
02-06-2012, 04:01 PM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: united states
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| Sorry one last thing (sorry so much information I forget to post everything). She also is obsessed with eating her bowel movements. I have to hurry and get it before she can. Not sure if this would be a sign of anything?? |
02-06-2012, 05:25 PM | #4 |
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| I'm sorry to hear Daisy has been sick. I hope they can find the exact cause. Pippin has IBD. Pippin stools were normal until he would have an episode. It would start out with vomiting until there would be flecks of blood in the vomit. Usually the next couple of days he would have loose stools that would sometimes be black from the blood. These episodes could be anywhere from a week to a month apart. I switched to home cooking, and the vet has had him on medications. Usually, I can hear his stomach start to gurgle prior to him vomiting. |
02-06-2012, 05:40 PM | #5 |
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| As I stated in your other thread, I suggest a Board Certified vet. Did you look at the link I posted about how to find one in your area? http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...troenitis.html
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02-06-2012, 05:48 PM | #6 |
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| Poor Baby it's so hard when there isn't a definate dx. I would suggest using Laxatone Hairball Remedy for Cat's instead of Vasoline. I have had to use this before on one of mine. Prayers going out for Daisy.
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02-08-2012, 06:51 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: united states
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| Thanks everyone for the prayers! Lady Jane havent looked into that option yet... Still recovering from last months vet bills = ( |
02-08-2012, 07:02 PM | #8 |
Resident Yorkie Nut Donating YT 20K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas
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| Totally understand that....been there too many times. What you might want to do in the future though is to go for an opinion...they usually charge around $150 for a first time appointment...and take all of your records and test results with you. At least you can get an opinion.
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