Sentences with phrase «other disease processes»

While respiratory infections are a frequent cause of coughing in our pets, there are many other disease processes that may result in a cough.

A liver biopsy specimen is also taken at the time of surgery to rule out presence of other disease processes such as microvascular dysplasia.

Certainly that is not the case with all Wolfhounds... but I would recommend looking at an MRI as a less invasive procedure that may give better information for us to rule out other disease processes in suspect FCE cases.

Can be primary (inherited) or secondary (resulting from other disease processes such as allergies, hypothyroidism)

Unfortunately some diabetics have other disease processes affecting their bodies that make glucose control difficult or they are not presented to the veterinarian for evaluation until they are deathly ill from the effects of diabetes, making the prognosis poor.

These suggestions may not be suitable for all donkeys, especially the young donkeys or those that may be pregnant, lactating, or even those with other disease processes that are going on.

Abnormal stool color, shape, and consistency can be indicators of bacterial imbalance, yeast infections, opportunistic parasite infections and other disease processes related to nutritional deficiency.

It's likely related to several other disease processes, and studies like the current one help us paint a picture of what causes stress in cats overall, even though it can't necessarily tell us what will stress out YOUR cat.

A thorough medical work - up is necessary to determine if the changes (weight loss, behavioral changes, ravenous appetite, vocalization, hyperactivity, rapid heart rate and / or murmurs, intermittent vomiting and / or diarrhea and kidney compromise) that you and your veterinarian have noted are due solely to hyperthyroidism or are a part of other disease processes.

Typically, hypertension is a secondary condition to other disease processes in the body so frequently if a blood pressure is consistently high the first step is lab work.

Whether it be something as serious as sepsis (where you have this host and a full body of dysregulated inflammation) or maybe just some local infection or some other disease process that we know is going on, we research the changes related in the microbiome.

If your cat has significant kidney failure, advanced heart failure or a malignant cancer, we can resolve the hyperthyroidism, but may be unable to make your cat better by treating the hyperthyroidism alone and you may not want to treat your cat due to the poor prognosis of the other disease processes.

Other contributing factors can be due to hormonal influences, certain genetic factors, and other disease processes.

A variety of blood and urine parameters are measured to confirm that the changes are due to kidney disease and not some other disease process.

Other disease processes that cause discomfort must be ruled out.

A low T4 with a normal cTSH may indicate that the T4 was falsely lowered, perhaps by some other disease process in the animal, while a normal T4 and an elevated cTSH may indicate a dog that is hypothyroid, despite his normal T4 level.

Potential causes are decreased blood flow (due to dehydration, or other disease processes) infections, disease or trauma.

There are other disease processes that can present like colic, so the first thing to do is call your veterinarian after observing your horse for a short time.

In addition to the thyroid tests, a complete blood count, a chemistry panel and a urinalysis should be performed in order to rule out presence of other disease processes.

It is common for candidiasis to develop secondary to other disease processes; therefore, other tests should be performed to determine whether there are other problems predisposing the bird to secondary infection.

The lesions can mimic many other dermatologic conditions, and because treatment will include the use of immunosuppressive drugs, other disease processes must be ruled out.

If symptoms suddenly worsen, or if inappropriate urination occurs outside of sleep, a bacterial infection or other disease process should be considered.

Description: Hypo and hyperthermia are commonly seen in emergency practices, whether primary conditions from exposure to the outdoors or secondary to other disease processes, surgery or trauma.

If other abnormalities are present such as chronic diarrhea, vomiting, an abdominal ultrasound is strongly recommended to rule out other disease processes.

Although these symptoms can be due to other disease processes, it is a classic sign of diabetes in pets.

As a specialized practice within a multi-speciality hospital, we provide integrated specialized care for pets with complex, multi-systemic disease and assist in the management of cardiac complications of other disease processes.

Anemia is not a specific disease but rather it is a symptom of some other disease process or condition.

Predisposing factors include genetics, breed predisposition, and chronic pancreatitis or inflammation of the pancreas due to other disease processes.

They can be caused by anatomical heart defects and infectious, inflammatory or other disease processes.

Colic may also be secondary to other disease processes in the animal.

If these droppings decrease to half or less in size or greatly decrease in number or become greatly misshapen, then your rabbit is not eating enough and you need to check with your veterinarian to make sure there is not some other disease process going on.

If the intestines are inflamed from some other disease process, for example IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) in cats, the normal barrier lining the intestines is compromised and more allergens can enter the bloodstream.