[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: AIHA...help
- From: Doris E <irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: osmith@xxxxxxxxxxxx, "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:31:29 -0800
Oak Smith wrote:
>Ed, we are very sorry to hear this. There is no known cause, just many
>speculations. Sometimes a reaction to vaccinations. Usually shows up about
>90 days after the last given vaccine. Can be hereditary, as it is an
>autoimmune condition. Usually takes steroids to get the body to stop
>attacking itself. Trouble is the steroids destroy the body's ability to
>fight off any disease and other trouble crops up. The prognosis is not good.
>We lost a very promising 1 1/2 year old to it. I would not want to go
>through it again. :{(
>I really hope your outcome is better than ours. Find the best vet you can
>who has any kind of experience with this. It is nasty. Our thoughts are with
>your girl and you.
>Oak & Carrie *Oak and Carrie, Back around 1970 I had a bitch with this.
>At that time, nobody knew much about it, and they had to send blood samples to
>the Vet college in Ames, Iowa to be analysed. The awful part about it to me
>was the way the bitch aged. Overnight she went from a young, vibrant bitch to
>a very old one. There was no treatment, and by the time we got results back
>from Iowa, she was dead. Doris E*
>
>
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