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[boon 0]

Just wondering if any of you lads on here have seen these symptoms in any of your dogs before. I woke up this morning to find the lurcher pup having trouble breathing, his breathing was shalow he was also weak and his eyes a bit glazed. So i took him to the vets and she done chest x-rays and said she couldnt find what was wrong with him so she gave him anti inflamitorys and anti biotics and said that if it dont get better in a week to take him back. Any ideas!!

[gaz 284]

Dont like the sound of this mate,if it was me id take him straight to another vet for a second opinion !! Best of luck there bud.

[Guest Dale]

Dont like the sound of this mate,if it was me id take him straight to another vet for a second opinion !! Best of luck there bud.

 

second that ( get him to another vet asap)

 

Dale

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Blood Test might help.

[boon 0]

Blood Test might help.

 

She said that she would do a blood test if i have to take him back in a week. If hes still the same tomorrow i might wel take him to get a secod opinion. Cheers lads

[tote 856]

Had the same symptoms with an 18 month old bitch just over a year ago,the only

difference being she lost a lot of weight as well.

The vet didn't have a clue so he jabbed her up and gave me a course of anti-biotics

for her.Well she picked up and put on a bit of weight,but 6 weeks down the line she

was back where she started.

Back to the vets,more jabs and anti-biotics,this time she didn't pick up four days

later a decision was made to put her down

The vet was of the opinion that she had got a blood infection that had went straight

to her heart and lungs.Thinking back she did have a coming together with a barb wire

fence but at the time I thought nothing of it as it's quite a common occurance with

running dogs.

Take the advice the lads have given boon and get a second opinion,hope the pup

picks up soon mate.

[boon 0]

Had the same symptoms with an 18 month old bitch just over a year ago,the only

difference being she lost a lot of weight as well.

The vet didn't have a clue so he jabbed her up and gave me a course of anti-biotics

for her.Well she picked up and put on a bit of weight,but 6 weeks down the line she

was back where she started.

Back to the vets,more jabs and anti-biotics,this time she didn't pick up four days

later a decision was made to put her down

The vet was of the opinion that she had got a blood infection that had went straight

to her heart and lungs.Thinking back she did have a coming together with a barb wire

fence but at the time I thought nothing of it as it's quite a common occurance with

running dogs.

Take the advice the lads have given boon and get a second opinion,hope the pup

picks up soon mate.

 

I did notice that he has got a bit of a cut on his leg that i think he got of a fence. Did she eat at all becose he hasnt eaten dried food since yesteday morning but he ate a rabbit today.

Edited March 24, 2007 by boon

[skycat 6,174]

I know this is a long shot, and the symptoms don't sound quite the same but we've had 2 dogs get meningitis (not the sort you can catch of someone else, but the auto immune sort). It doesn't respond to antibiotics (obviously). The first dog who got it was 6 months old, she trembled, was very stiff, very high temperature, eyes a bit glazed. She was at the vet's on a drip for 4 days before they decided to do a spinal tap (only way of diagnosing for sure), then she was on steroids for 6 months. She looked like a skeleton covered in fur at the end of the first week, could hardly stand, but she came almost right: just a bit of stiffness in her spine and in her right eye the pupil doesn't respond to light (contract/expand) but she can see fine. She is now 9 years old, has worked well all her adult life and had 2 litters.

Apparently it is becoming more and more common in large dogs. Mine was under the specialist at the Animal Health Trust and he said it wasn't uncommon in large breed dogs.

 

From what I have learned the key symptoms are: very high temperature that doesn't respond to antibiotics, trembling, stiffness, not eating, or not eating much, glazed eyes (probably from the pain) I have copied this from case notes on a dog site:

 

Meningitis means inflammation of the meninges, the membranes that cover the central nervous system. In humans, it is usually caused by bacterial or viral infection, but in dogs, meningitis is generally auto-immune. Autoimmune problems occur when the body sees its own cells as foreign and mounts a reaction. SRMA, or steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis, is a particular form of meningitis which affects the arteries in many body system tissues as well as the meninges, but as its name suggests, it can be treated successfully with steroids that suppress the immune system. SRMA is not contagious.

 

The symptoms of SRMA include stiffness and pain in the neck, lethargy, reluctance to move, loss of appetite and a very high temperature. It can be acute and rapid in onset or chronic, with symptoms developing slowly over several days or weeks. As a result, it is very difficult to diagnose. SRMA (also known as aseptic meningitis) responds very well to steroid treatment, although in severe cases it can cause permanent damage such as deafness or blindness if not treated promptly. The causes of SRMA are unclear, but there is strong evidence for a genetic factor in the development of autoimmune disease, and in susceptible dogs, such reactions can be triggered by over-vaccination, general anaesthetics and chemical flea treatments. Often, though, no cause or trigger can be identified

[boon 0]

Cheers skycat but his tempriture is normal and he dont seen stiff but i'll keep an eye out for the other symptoms.