Watch this video to learn what normal and
abnormal breathing sounds...
Not exact matches
Intervention patients experienced more postextubation stridor (an
abnormal sound made when the
breathing passages are narrowed; 7 percent vs 4 percent) and fewer stage 2 or worse immobility - related pressure ulcers (< 1 percent vs 2 percent).
Cough, exercise intolerance, dyspnea (difficulty
breathing),
abnormal lung
sounds, hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver), syncope (temporary loss of consciousness due to poor blood flow to the brain), ascites (fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity),
abnormal heart
sounds, death
Your veterinarian may suspect a congenital heart defect if
abnormal heart
sounds are noted in a young animal or if symptoms of heart failure (difficulty
breathing, coughing, fainting) develop early in an animal's life.
Most often animals are referred to our veterinary cardiology specialists for a heart murmur (an
abnormal heart
sound that usually indicates turbulent blood flow) or clinical signs that may indicate cardiac disease (such as exercise intolerance, lethargy, persistent cough, difficulty
breathing, collapse, or swollen abdomen or limbs).
Some cases are easier to recognize because these ferret, cough, have trouble
breathing and their heart
sounds are
abnormal.