| moggie |
| Posted 4/8/2008 4:56:03 PM |
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 does anyone know the proper testing for a liver shunt? i received a phone call this afternoon from a woman who has told me that her 5.5 14 month old yorkie has a liver shunt. this Dog went hypoglycemic on thursday night and was taken to the emergency clinic of where she was treated for hypoglycemia and released with her iv in place to another veterinary hospital. blood tests were done there. a bile adid test and a decreasing protein c level test. the numbers pointed to a liver shunt. is it not odd that a Dog of this age being of normal weight and no other symptoms to be all of th sudden diagnosed with a liver shunt? isnt it true that when a Dog becomes hypoglycemic that all of the organ functions are off? she was on a high protein puppy food the entire time until she was a year old and then switched to a lower protein adult food. shouldnt she have had more of an issue while on the high protein puppy food?? and..shouldnt she be tested again while she is well and seemingly healthy?? the vet who did the testing said that there would be no need for surgery and that this shunt could be controlled with antibiotics and food. how could they know this??? isnt the absolute worse time to test for a shunt when the Dog is suffering from hypoglycemia?? what is exactly the proper procedure to absolutely confirm a liver shunt????? |
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| PerfectPom |
| Posted 4/8/2008 6:40:54 PM |
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edited maoseger1010 |
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| CannonFarms |
| Posted 4/8/2008 9:12:32 PM |
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since low and high blood sugars effect the liver I would redo the test, its not like its going to hurt anything and will save the Dog allot of trouble if its not the correct issue. |
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| beaglebrat |
| Posted 4/11/2008 11:25:56 AM |
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That is weird, if it was liver shunt you would think the that high protein puppy food would have been causing problems.
It is my understanding that the next step to diagnose liver shunt after a 'bad' bile acids test reading is to do an ultrasound. |
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