Sentences with phrase «immune mediated»

Other types of immune mediated arthritis can be non-erosive, such as arthritis that is associated with Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (SLE).

Any of these supportive structures can be affected by congenital deformities, trauma, degenerative disease processes and immune mediated conditions.

She particularly enjoys the areas of feline medicine, infectious and immune mediated diseases, as well as endocrine diseases.

Testing for hyperkeratosis Typically dogs with underlying infectious and immune mediated diseases will have other lesions and / or illness that will lead your veterinarian to suspect these conditions as the cause of your dog's hyperkeratosis.

Some include eye and ear issues, epilepsy, and the breed has more cases of IMHA (immune mediated hemolytic anemia) than most other breeds I've been around.

While at Tufts University she did projects involving the use of human intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of immune mediated hemolytic anemia, feline asthma and spontaneous pneumothorax and the role of dietary soy in the development of feline hyperthyroidism.

Her special interests include nephrology, endocrine disease and immune mediated diseases.

It may be due to the unknown phenomenon of immune mediated pathogenesis (disease); which is more hyper (active) in females as compared to male dogs.

These included canine immune mediated thrombocytopenia, lupus, immune mediated polyarthropathy, pemphigus foliaceus, and immune mediated hemolytic anemia.

Our faculty's clinical and research expertise span a large facet of small animal internal medicine fields including hematology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hepatology, infectious and immune mediated diseases, and nephrology - urology.

My Sassy has immune mediated meningitis (which caused her blindness) and is on immune suppressing medication.

This kidney disease however is immune mediated and relates to the immune response to the infectious agent antigens: or the antigens used in the Lyme vaccines.

It is used in the management and treatment of immune mediated disease such as immune mediated hemolytic anemia, or thombocytopenia: many CNS disorders: some neoplasia: dermatologic diseases: allergic reactions such as asthma, hives, and itching: inflammatory orthopedic diseases: endocrine disorders including Addison's: respiratory disease with an inflammatory component, inflammatory bowel diseases and many other conditions.

Pneumonia has to do with the immune mediated component of the disease, which appears to be part of the manifestation in Weimaraners.

Canine immune mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP), is an autoimmune disease.

At the present time I think that the most likely cause is an immune mediated disorder but that doesn't narrow down the cause very much.

Research Interests Critical care of polytrauma patients, troponin as a biomarker in traumatic myocarditis, the application of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (dialysis) for companion animals with acute kidney failure, advanced therapeutic approaches to immune mediated hemolytic anemia, and novel laboratory assessment of coagulopathies (including thromboelastography and platelet aggregometry).

Rheumatoid and other immune mediated arthritis are often successfully treated with corticosteroids.

He says when dogs have immune mediated disease to one cell line, it can also go to the other.

A less common side effect is the development of immune mediated disease.

We should also keep in mind that part of the apparent increase we are seeing in immune mediated diseases is due to better diagnostic techniques, both for humans and dogs.

My clinic provides a strong support system for the clients and I have a lot of staff members to help and manage our tough allergy and immune mediated disease patients.

A similar problem occurs with cyclosporine, an immune suppressant used in immune mediated disease, allergy, or after an organ transplant.

A rare illness in Beagles is the immune mediated polygenic arthritis, a condition whose symptoms are explained by the fact that the dog's immune system attacks the joint, and this may occur even at an early age.

About a third of dogs with ITP also have immune mediated hemolytic anemia.

Sterile granuloma, sometimes called sterile pyogranuloma or either name preceded by «idiopathic», is an immune mediated disease that cause masses or nodular skin lesions, usually on the face though they can occur anywhere.

Their logic: a) It is obvious that some dogs react badly to vaccinations, either at the time they are given or several weeks later by experiencing immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA).

Both of these processes can be associated with reactions to drug therapy, other immune mediated diseases, infectious diseases, heartworm disease, etc..

IG's can be affected by a number of autoimmune or immune mediated diseases.

We almost lost him a couple of years ago to some kind of immune mediated disease (the doctors at NCSU - VTH were never sure exactly what the problem was).

The most common use of this medication is as an anti-inflammatory agent used in a wide variety of chronic diseases, including: Inflammatory bowel disease Skin / ear allergies Respiratory disease Asthma Neurologic disorders Prednisone has also been used as an immune suppressive agent in immune mediated disorders of the body, as well as part of many chemotherapy protocols.

His professional interests include allergic skin disease, ear disease, immune mediated and autoimmune skin disease, and pet fish medicine.

In immune mediated hemolytic anemia or IMHA, the antibodies attaching to red blood cells lead to anemia that is often severe and life - endangering.

After exam and blood work was completed she was diagnosed with immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA).

In a letter to Veterinary Times during July 1999, veterinarian Lyn Thomson responded, «This would indicate that veterinarians must consider and report the whole range of immune mediated diseases post vaccination, including flea allergy, atopic dermatitis, dietary hypersensitivity, contact hypersensitivity, asthma, autoimmune diseases, lymphoma, lymphoid leukaemia, multiple myeloma, plasmcytoma, hisiiocytoma, thymoma, and immunodeficiency disease.»

Another theory implies it could be immune mediated - meaning your dog's system may for some reason produce antibodies that destroy the color pigmentation

The most common signs of SLE are arthritis that effects several joints, painful muscles, shifting lameness, skin sores and blisters, protein in the urine, decreased platelet and white blood cell count, fluctuating fevers, and immune mediated hemolytic anemia.

Mr. Day divides immune mediated disease into four main groups — hypersensitivity diseases, autoimmune diseases, immune system neoplasia (the formation of tumors) and immunodeficiency diseases.

Diseases of the skin can include allergies, infectious and parasitic skin disorders, immune mediated diseases, or possibly skin cancer.

Another less common side effect is the development of immune mediated disease following vaccination.

Common causes of dog ear infection are water trapped in the ear, foreign material (grass awns), yeast, atopy (inhaled seasonal allergy), hypersensitivity to foods, bacteria, immune mediated or autoimmune diseases (pemphigus foliaceus) or mites (Otodectes and Demodex).

Sterile granuloma is an immune mediated disease and may be autoimmune disease.

Less frequently encountered diseases include, Addison's Disease, autoimmune testicular atrophy, degenerative myelopathy, dermatomyositis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, glomerulonephritis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune mediated hemolytic anemia, Legg - Calvé - Perthes, myasthenia gravis, sterile pyogranuloma / granuloma syndrome, uveodermatologic syndrome, and vitiligo.

Their condition is likely more immune mediated rather that dietary.

The predominate cause of EPI is an immune mediated, lympocytic pancreatic acinar atropy.

Many conditions and symptoms can be attributed to hormonal imbalance and include: poor athletic performance, fatigue, excessive drinking and or urinating, allergies, immune mediated diseases and many more.

This is an acquired immune mediated disorder most of the time when it occurs in older dogs.

While there can be specific causes of this chronic and frustrating inflammation such as viral infection with feline herpes virus (rhinotracheitis), calicivirus (FCV), feline leukemia virus and / or feline immunodeficiency virus, most of the time no specific causative agents can be found, placing the cause as ideopathic / immune mediated, which means that the cat's immune -LSB-...]

Current research points toward an immune mediated pathogenesis of DM.

In this case, it is thought to be an immune mediated disease.