Plutothebully
03-24-2017, 09:25 AM
Hi all, I'm new to this forum:)
I've started reading about Cushings for 2 months now.
It all started when one night our Pluto (bull terrier, 10.5yrs) refused to eat and trembled and felt like she had a temperature.
We took her to the vet that night. She was admitted to the hospital that night with high liver enzyme levels.
During her stay, they did an ultrasound and found out that she has a gallbladder mucocele and put her on meds for her gallbladder.
Since then I read a lot about her condition and began to suspect that she might have cushings but I was unable to confirm as she doesn't drink a lot of water and has no dilute urine. We asked the vet about this but based on this reason, they said the chance for her having the condition is low but not impossible. They said we could do a urine test if we really wanted to. Alternatively, we could go directly for the blood test. Hopefully I can get some clues here.
Maybe I should provide her medical history as well.
About 5 months ago she has been diagnosed with a tumor in the bottom of her brain near the brain stem as seen in MRI scan. We didn't go further to test whether the tumor is benign or cancerous as the vet said that it would be very difficult and there is no cure in where we live anyway. :( So we started giving her supplements like fucoidan and squalene for her immune system.
She has been having relapsing skin problems for about 1.5 years. She has ulcers and lesion mainly on the thighs and belly (and fewer on other parts), that form crusts and cause the fur to come off in clumps. . She doesn't seem to have thinning of fur, nor thin skin and blackhead-like spots. We consulted a vet specialized recently in dermatology and went through some treatment but somehow Pluto didn't response well. We considered doing a skin biopsy but not sure if it is worthwhile...or should we go directly to do the cushings test.
Recently, we notice that she trembles from time to time and we are not sure about whether she is feeling pain/cold or is weak.
She does seem to be hungry (but not sure whether she's just being greedy.)
Other than these she is generally strong, just sleeping more than usual.
Would anyone have any recommendations on whether we should go ahead for the tests? If so, the urine test or blood test?
Many many thanks!
P.S. I want to upload some pics of her blood test results but am not sure how to do so. Will keep trying :)
I've started reading about Cushings for 2 months now.
It all started when one night our Pluto (bull terrier, 10.5yrs) refused to eat and trembled and felt like she had a temperature.
We took her to the vet that night. She was admitted to the hospital that night with high liver enzyme levels.
During her stay, they did an ultrasound and found out that she has a gallbladder mucocele and put her on meds for her gallbladder.
Since then I read a lot about her condition and began to suspect that she might have cushings but I was unable to confirm as she doesn't drink a lot of water and has no dilute urine. We asked the vet about this but based on this reason, they said the chance for her having the condition is low but not impossible. They said we could do a urine test if we really wanted to. Alternatively, we could go directly for the blood test. Hopefully I can get some clues here.
Maybe I should provide her medical history as well.
About 5 months ago she has been diagnosed with a tumor in the bottom of her brain near the brain stem as seen in MRI scan. We didn't go further to test whether the tumor is benign or cancerous as the vet said that it would be very difficult and there is no cure in where we live anyway. :( So we started giving her supplements like fucoidan and squalene for her immune system.
She has been having relapsing skin problems for about 1.5 years. She has ulcers and lesion mainly on the thighs and belly (and fewer on other parts), that form crusts and cause the fur to come off in clumps. . She doesn't seem to have thinning of fur, nor thin skin and blackhead-like spots. We consulted a vet specialized recently in dermatology and went through some treatment but somehow Pluto didn't response well. We considered doing a skin biopsy but not sure if it is worthwhile...or should we go directly to do the cushings test.
Recently, we notice that she trembles from time to time and we are not sure about whether she is feeling pain/cold or is weak.
She does seem to be hungry (but not sure whether she's just being greedy.)
Other than these she is generally strong, just sleeping more than usual.
Would anyone have any recommendations on whether we should go ahead for the tests? If so, the urine test or blood test?
Many many thanks!
P.S. I want to upload some pics of her blood test results but am not sure how to do so. Will keep trying :)