Can someone please let me know what the treatment, if any, would be to treat the abnormal scores found in the Blood Test results of my 10 year old German Shepherd?
She has not been eating like before, she seems depressed, always looks sad, lies down all the time, and her stomach is bloated.
HIGH:
AST (SGOT)- 99
BILIRUBIN TOTAL - 0.6
BILIRUBIN INDIRECT - 0.4
PHOSPHORUS- 7.6
POTASSIUM 8.5
LDH - 912
WHITE BLOOD COUNT - 18.4
NEUTROPHIL - 89
NEUTROPHIL ABSOLUTE -16376
MONOCYTE/ABSOLUTE - 1472
NRBC (NUCLEATED NRBC) - 8
LOW:
CA/PO4 RATIO- 1.3
SODIUM- 141
NA/K RATIO - 16.6
CHLORIDE - 93
RED BLOOD COUNT - 3.04
Hgb - 7.3
Hct (PCV) - 22.1
LYMPHOCYTE- 2
LYMPHOCYTE/ABSOLUTE - 368
EOSINOPHIL - 1
PLATELETS - 17
If anyone can help me, please!
2006-09-16 18:10:28 · 6 answers · asked by mrsrafamarquez 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Go to www.thepetcenter.com/pha/cp.html. They have a list of all the normal levels for the tests listed in a very user friendly format. Please talk further to your vet. Blood levels can be deciphered in many ways and it may not be as bad as you think or worse. This site also has many links listed.
2006-09-16 20:37:55 · answer #1 · answered by barbarast59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That Na/K ratio of 16.6 and the high K or 8.5 is a heavy hint toward addisons disease, which is adreanal failure. In fact its at this point lifethreaning. Now Addisons is not the only thing that can make the Na/K go wonky - the other bad blood values can be due to the physical upset of an addiosons crisis - or the NA & K figure can be due to the pyhsical upset of something else. If you have blood test results you are visiting a vet - what does he think? since addisons is rare enough that not all vets think of it, it might be worth a mention, to be sure he thought of it. Now the only definate way to tell if it is addisons is the ACTH response test (another two part blood test).
It can be treated but not cured. Treatment consists of daily low dose pred. and another drug either a monthly injection or more daily pills. (for a large dog the pills in generic form are cheapest) Dogs do so well on the treatment (if you are good about giving the meds) that you cant tell they ever were sick.
For more info www.addisondogs.com or www.k9addisons.com
2006-09-17 02:37:34 · answer #2 · answered by ragapple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please ask your vet if this dog has hemangiosarcoma. This is a cancer of the spleen and is seen in German Shepherds. Her belly could be bloated from an enlarged spleen. The low values of her blood work worries me. Read here on the disease. http://www.integrityweb.com/news/integritywebcom_HemangiosarcomaintheDog.htm
The person that posted about Addisons is another posibility. Ask your vet to do an ACTH stim test on your dog to test for this.
2006-09-16 23:31:22 · answer #3 · answered by bear 2 zealand © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a vet but to me it would appear that he has some kind of infection, possibly a kidney problem. Again, not a vet but that would be my guess. Bring him to another vet for a second opinion. Always have the blood tests redone just to make sure the lab didn't screw up
2006-09-16 20:20:05 · answer #4 · answered by littlemouse0704 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your dog is very sick and needs to see a specialist in blood disorders.
2006-09-16 18:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by Diane D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rbc hct and hgb are low
2016-01-18 11:15:49 · answer #6 · answered by pamela 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋