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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / September 2006My dog is on prednison his stomach it very swollen having hard time breathing
My big guy he's 7 yr old lab he's been on prednisone for nearly a year he was diagnosed with having autoimmune disease. Since he's been on this his stomach is very swollen he's haivng a hard time breath. I have noticed that when we are walking he will stop lay down then get back up his right front leg will start shaking badly, I've told my vet about it they didn't seem to concerned with it. I'm very concerned. He was taking 20 mil of pred then cut back to 5 mil due to the fact it caused to have ulcers. I want to slowly take him off of it.Will he have any side effects of me doing this. My big guy is suffering cause of this.Will this help his stoamch to go down?He's having an hard enough time breathing as it is.I told my vet this , they cut it back to 2mil . His stomach is very disteneded as it is. With me slowly taking him off of this will it help him to breath better as well" Will his stomach go down too? Thank You Did your vet draw any fluid out?  Signature*There are no accidents in life* > My big guy he's 7 yr old lab he's been on prednisone for nearly a year > he was diagnosed with having autoimmune disease. Since he's been on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Thank You If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergency vet. When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is what happened. Celeste > My big guy he's 7 yr old lab he's been on prednisone for nearly a year > he was diagnosed with having autoimmune disease. Since he's been on [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Thank You > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergency vet. > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is what > happened. If he has fluid in the abdomen it could be from organ failure secondary to heart failure. The fluid would push up on the chest cavity making it hard to breath. More than likely, the distended abdomen is from the cortizone which weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weened off the pred. I'm doing just that slowly weening him off of it.I refuse to give him anymore of this med. > > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergency vet. > > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is what [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weened off the > pred. I'm doing just that slowly weening him off of it.I refuse to give him anymore of this med. > > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergency vet. > > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is what [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weened off the > pred. > If he has fluid in the abdomen it could be from organ failure secondary to > heart failure. The fluid would push up on the chest cavity making it hard to > breath. More than likely, the distended abdomen is from the cortizone which > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weened off the > pred. ...........wondering about induced adrenal gland ptoblems from the pred also..... ........to the OP - if your dog goes down and can't get up, head for the emergency vet. buglady take out the dog before replying I'm doing just that slowly weening him off of it.I refuse to give hi anymore of this med Sharon wrote > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergenc vet > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is wha > happened > > If he has fluid in the abdomen it could be from organ failur secondary t > heart failure. The fluid would push up on the chest cavity making i hard t > breath. More than likely, the distended abdomen is from th cortizone whic > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weene off th > pred Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org I'm doing just that slowly weening him off of it.I refuse to give hi anymore of this med Sharon wrote > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergenc vet > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is wha > happened > > If he has fluid in the abdomen it could be from organ failur secondary t > heart failure. The fluid would push up on the chest cavity making i hard t > breath. More than likely, the distended abdomen is from th cortizone whic > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weene off th > pred Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org I'm doing just that slowly weening him off of it.I refuse to give hi anymore of this med Sharon wrote > If his stomach is swollen and hard I would get him to an emergenc vet > When Barney started bleeding internally from the cancer this is wha > happened > > If he has fluid in the abdomen it could be from organ failur secondary t > heart failure. The fluid would push up on the chest cavity making i hard t > breath. More than likely, the distended abdomen is from th cortizone whic > weakens the muscles. causes resp problems, etc. He should be weene off th > pred Sent via http://Pets-99.com , http://AnimalForum.ws & http://AnimalBlog.org > My big guy he's 7 yr old lab he's been on prednisone for nearly a year > he was diagnosed with having autoimmune disease. Since he's been on > this his stomach is very swollen he's haivng a hard time breath. I have > noticed that when we are walking he will stop lay down then get back up > his right front leg will start shaking badly, I've told my vet about it > they didn't seem to concerned with it. I'm very concerned. Has your Vet ruled out Intestinal Lymphangiectasia? I lost a little Yorkie a few years ago with the same symptoms. The only treatment at the time was Prednisone and a diet of NO fat at all. She lived on nothing but boiled chicken breasts and brown rice. Just a small amount of fat would cause her belly to swell up to where she could hardly walk. When the fluid in her abdomen built up to where it made it hard to breathe the Vet would tap her belly and drain off about a quart of lymph fluid. It is a terrible disease. Good luck to you. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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