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| The dog is a 6 year old Cocker Spaniel. He recently became ill, vomiting, diarrhea, rapid weight loss, swollen abdomen, protein levels very low. The vet has drawn clear liquid from his abdomen. No prognosis on what it could be. Vet still running more tests. Been 2 weeks now.
Dog is taking Lasix which is helping a little. I suspect Intestinal lymphangiectasia. I have done lots of reading on the subject. I was wondering if any one has experienced this disease and what's the prognosis? Thanks in advance! |
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| Sounds like an ultrasound pretty quick would be good idea. Your vet did check for parasites before starting other testing right? Hope your dog is ok and you can figure this out so that he can at least be made more comfortable. |
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- Posted by todancewithwolves (My Page) on Tue, Feb 1, 11 at 23:03
| Yes Yes It's Intestinal lymphangiectasia. Again my question is has any one experienced this disease and what's the prognosis? |
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- Posted by todancewithwolves (My Page) on Thu, Feb 3, 11 at 20:22
| After all our attempts to battle this horrible disease we must reluctantly succumb to letting Laddie go. He's not responding to any treatments. I did a search on this site and there is no info on Intestinal lymphangiectasia. I hope now with my post perhaps someone in the future will benefit from my inquiry. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is not an easly detectable. Our vet has only ran across 1 other case in his career. Signs of intestinal lymphangiectasia is silent and may go undetected over several months, even years. It and may come and go. The dog may fail to gain weight or may progressively lose weight. The loss of protein into the bowel causes loss of fluid from the circulation into the limbs, the abdomen, or the chest. Your dog's legs and/or abdomen may appear swollen and he/she may have trouble breathing. There may be a chronic persistent or intermittent diarrhea due to the loss of protein, fluid and fat into the bowel. I found a resourceful website of someone who has battled this disease with her dog. It also provides a support site as well. http://savelouie.blogspot.com All the best. |
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- Posted by cal_dreamer (My Page) on Thu, Feb 3, 11 at 21:59
| I'm so sorry about Laddie. Thanks for posting the information on this disorder. |
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