My dog has been diagnosed with Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease?
any info on this topic will be greatly taken , it all happened over night and she is a very sick girl , I just hope she servives the next few days we miss her so much .
You can do more research online and ask your veterinarian more questions… but usually IBD is kept under control by keeping the dog on a dose of steroids to help with the inflammation. This all depends on what kind of state she is in now, but if you can pull through this first stretch, there are ways to keep the disease controlled, although there may be some rough spots along the way. Good luck with everything and I hope she does well.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:54 am
You can do more research online and ask your veterinarian more questions… but usually IBD is kept under control by keeping the dog on a dose of steroids to help with the inflammation. This all depends on what kind of state she is in now, but if you can pull through this first stretch, there are ways to keep the disease controlled, although there may be some rough spots along the way. Good luck with everything and I hope she does well.
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:16 am
Inflammatory bowel disease refers to the condition that results when cells involved in inflammation and immune response are called into the lining of the GI tract. This infiltration thickens the bowel lining and interferes with absorption and motility (the ability of the bowel to contract and move food). With abnormal ability to contract and abnormal ability to absorb, the bowel’s function is disrupted. Chronic vomiting results if the infiltration is in the stomach or higher areas of the small intestine. A watery diarrhea with weight loss results if the infiltration is in the lower small intestine. A mucous diarrhea with fresh blood (colitis) results if the infiltration occurs in the large intestine. Of course, the entire tract from top to bottom may be involved. Many people confuse Inflammatory Bowel Disease with “Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” a stress-related diarrhea problem. Treatment for “IBS” is aimed at stress; it is a completely different condition from “IBD.”
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hope this helps i have been a vet for 10 years
November 11th, 2009 at 8:50 am
I know exactly what you are going through. I trained a service dog that was diagnosed with IBD. It was a very difficult and stressful time for me. She vomitted on average every other day for about a year until we found the right medication. Just hold in there and I am sure she will be fine.
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