Don't know if Yorkie has lymphangiectasia or MVD/liver shunt Hi everyone. I have beautiful 5 yr old yorkie named Lola. She showed first signs of illness a month ago when she vomited twice while being babysat by my mother. Although she had very very low albumin, globulin, and total proteins, her vet sent her home. She was home for another week until my mom noticed the ascites in her belly. After a brief struggle, we finally got her in with an internal medicine specialist who performed more tests. The ultrasound showed lacteal dilation, a common thing in lymphangiectasia. The confusing/worrying thing is, she has normal liver enzymes(ALT, AST), normal protein C(120% out of 135%), but very HIGH BILE ACIDS (post of 100). The normal protein C and high bile acids could indicate MVD. This leaves us in a weird spot as the vet is afraid to start a steroid for lymphangiectasia if her liver damaged/sick. Right now she is on I/d gastro low fat, but the diets for mvd and lymphangiectasia require different things. Vet does not recommend anything that requires anesthesia if protein levels do not come up. So no biopsies possible at the moment. My question is: Have any of your pets shown signs or had both lymphangiectasia and mvd or liver dysfunction? Any advice on what i should do? Lost here.... :confused: |
Bella had a liver shunt when she was a pup. I am not an expert, but I think it is unusual for it to be a shunt at that age. There are other issues that it could be in the liver though. Hope that you find out what the issue is and your pup gets well soon! |
Not sure this will be any help, but I can at least sympathize with you. My Bella has gone through something very similar. We initially noticed Bella struggling to breathe at home and took her to vet and they did an x-ray and kept her because they couldn't even see her heart due to fluid. Her Albumin/Protein levels were dangerously low as well. They thought it might be CF. She was there a week and then was sent home with Lasix. A few days passed and once again my baby was struggling to breathe, so back I go to the vet and their baffled. They said maybe Congestive Heart Failure, but they aren't specialist. I was sent to Anniston Animal Hospital that night and Bella was put into ICU. They phoned me the following day and said her heart was ok, but they were thinking PLE/ lymphangiectasia, but couldn't confirm w/o surgery. I asked if the treatment would be the same if they didn't do the surgery, so I chose to treat her instead of invasive surgery that would only confirm PLE. On discharge her Vet said she would probably always be on Prednisone. I came home with so much medication to give her I was overwhelmed a little. That was in September I believe of last year and now the same thing has happened again. She saw an on call vet at our local animal hospital and he seemed to not really think it was PLE w\o surgical confirmation, but gave no other diagnosis for us to consider. He drew 15 cc's of fluid out of her chest cavity and she is still struggling. I pray you find the answer you are looking for. PLE is an autoimmune disease that can't be cured, but can be treated with Prednisone , b12 injections, lasix if needed, or that's what we've been doing. My heart goes out to you and your angel. Best Wishes |
Hi, I hope that Lola is better. My older yorkie had liver problems and we used Liver | Gallbladder | Supplement | Pets and that really helped. What diet did you end up going with? |
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