Sentences with phrase «threatening anemia»

Onions can be harmful as well, potentially leading to life - threatening anemia, although most pets are not very interested in eating them.

Severe flea infestations in young, old or debilitated animals can lead to life - threatening anemia (low red blood cell count).

Overwhelming flea infestations will suck the blood out of your dog and cause life - threatening anemia (blood loss).

Flea infestations on small or weak pets can cause life - threatening anemia (iron - deficiency anemia, decreased red blood cells circulating through the blood, which means a decreased oxygen level in the blood).

Whole blood transfusions are generally given to more severe cases involving life - threatening anemia.

Severe flea infestations can cause a life - threatening anemia.

In addition to a life - threatening anemia, her plasma proteins were also low, which leads to a lot of complications such as edema in the legs and exacerbates an already problematic diarrhea.

Hookworms can also cause diarrhea and vomiting, but because they suck their host's blood at their attachment site in the intestinal tract, they can also lead to a potentially life - threatening anemia.

High levels of onion ingestion in dogs and cats can cause life - threatening anemia.

This can result in life - threatening anemia, because your dog no longer has enough oxygen - carrying blood cells to transport the much - needed oxygen to her heart, lungs, brain, and other organs.

Female ferrets that aren't spayed can have so much estrogen produced that it affects their bone marrow and causes life - threatening anemia.

Severe cases of DBA require lifelong treatment for potentially life - threatening anemia and other complications.

In DBA, a mutation prevents a patient's bone marrow from producing normal quantities of red blood cells, resulting in severe, sometimes life - threatening anemia.

I don't know how more women don't develop life threatening anemia in the weeks after giving birth.

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When the body fails to restock, life - threatening forms of anemia, lethal infections or serious bleeding disorders can emerge.

This non-life threatening form of the disease causes only mild anemia and does not generally require treatment.

In this way, the mutation is somewhat similar to sickle cell anemia in humans, where having one copy of a mutated gene gives one an immunity to malaria, while two copies causes a painful, life - threatening illness.

In the rare, life - threatening disease called paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), patients are stricken with chronic anemia and blood clots, when the oldest part of the immune system — known as complement — turns against its own red blood cells, or erythrocytes.

First described in 1938 by Boston Children's Hospital doctors Kenneth Blackfan, MD, and Louis Diamond, MD (who later established Dana - Farber / Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center), DBA is a potentially life - threatening condition that can cause severe anemia and other abnormalities.

This can result in anemia and be life - threatening in young puppies.

Also, a serious anemia will arise, and will be life threatening if not corrected.

Three days later, while struggling to cope with his horrible injuries, Trooper faced yet another life - threatening crisis — severe anemia.

Generally, cancers that cause anemia are the more life - threatening forms of cancer.

Dogs who eat raw or cooked onions can suffer from onion toxicity, which leads to red cell damage that causes life - threatening Heinz body anemia.

Since Heinz body anemia is life - threatening, it requires immediate veterinary care.

The severity of anemia may range from mild, to moderate, to extreme (life threatening), and it may wax and wane in certain conditions.

The physical state of inadequate red blood cells is called ANEMIA and when it is severe enough, it is a life - threatening condition.

In adult cats, while usually not life threatening, these creatures can rob your cat of nutrients and may cause anemia.

A heavy flea infestation can cause a slow, life - threatening blood loss that could lead to anemia — the physical state of having a low number of blood cells.

A single application will help prevent a flea infestation and life threatening flea anemia.

A large number of hookworms can cause inflammation in the dog's intestine as well as a life - threatening decrease in the number of red bloods cells, which is called anemia.

Eventually, all affected ferrets develop anemia and poor immune system function, plus male ferrets develop enlargement of the prostate gland with secondary life - threatening urinary tract obstruction.

Below this range is considered anemia, and less than 12 % is considered life threatening.

These vegetables contain chemicals that damage red blood cells, which can cause a life - threatening condition called Heinz Body Anemia.

If your cat's anemia is so severe that it is life - threatening, a blood transfusion will be needed.

Though some dogs and cats do not show obvious signs of infection, others can have life threatening symptoms including anemia, diarrhea, vomiting, failure to thrive, weight loss, cough, and poor coat quality.

Adrenal tumors should always be treated, as the hormones produced by the tumor can enlarge the prostate in male ferrets, leading to life - threatening urinary tract obstruction in male ferret and to bone marrow suppression and anemia in both males and females.

A large number of hookworms can cause inflammation in the dog's intestine, as well as a life - threatening decrease in the number of red bloods cells (called anemia).

Here's a list of the standard covered conditions: Cancer Life Threatening Cancer Early Prostate Cancer (Partial) Ductal Breast Cancer (Partial) Superficial Malignant Melanoma (Partial) Benign Brain Tumour Stroke Heart Heart Attack Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Heart Valve Replacement Aortic Surgery Angioplasty (Partial) Multiple Sclerosis Motor Neuron Disease Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson's Disease Aplastic Anemia Loss of -LSB-...]

If you have been following me for a while, then you know about Cora's battle with Aplastic Anemia, a life threatening disease.