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Dear Dr. John,
I had 2 17-year-old sibling cats till one passed away 2 months back. The staying sibling has actually been slimming down for a couple of months. I lastly had my veterinarian take a look at her. They took bloodwork, and the medical diagnosis returned as her being hyperthyroid. I was informed that it followed her weight reduction. I was offered a couple of choices on how to treat her and I went with utilizing a transdermal paste due to the fact that one choice was too costly and the other indicated offering her tablets or oral liquids and she is challenging to deal with or medicate. Should this choice work and what is your experience in utilizing such a form of treatment? B.L.
Dear B.L.,
I am sorry for your loss of among the cats however thankfully you have a medical diagnosis on your staying cat that will enable you to have her for a couple of years to come. Cats with hyperthyroidism generally present with weight reduction with a synchronised ravenous hunger and are typically discovered to have fast heart rates. The excess thyroid hormonal agent production puts their metabolic process in high equipment.
In the past, surgical elimination of the thyroid gland was done however for one of the most part that is no longer done. Another choice was a radioactive iodine treatment of I-131 that generally costs over $1,500. There is a dietary ways of treatment with a prescription diet plan called Hill’s y/d and some have actually had success utilizing that. Going forward, you ought to prevent feeding her fish foods and canned foods are much better for her in supplying more wetness to change fluids lost with increased urine production along with supplying the high protein and high calorie levels that she requires. The drug of option to treat hyperthyroidism is methimazole, either given up tablet form, intensified into tuna or chicken flavored liquid form, or transdermal pastes which can be rubbed on the within the ears. Since you simply began treatment, a follow up blood test ought to be carried out in 1-2 months to make certain that she is being dosed properly. After that and depending upon how she is doing, examinations with bloods ought to be done every 6 or 12 months.
Dr. John de Jong owns and runs the Boston Mobile Veterinary Clinic. He can be reached at 781-899-9994.
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