Pancreatitis treatment dog
Common Questions and Answers about Pancreatitis treatment dog
pancreatitis
I had to put my 11 year old Llhasa apso to sleep yesterday because he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was in so much pain that they could not guarantee that he would survive even with treatment. It came on suddenly...he was fine Saturday but began throwing up in the middle of the night and continued...he couldn't even hold down water and was very weak. I took him into the veterinary hospital on Sunday and he was too weak to come home.
The way pancreatitis is treated is by allowing that organ to rest through literal starvation. Same treatment holds for human patients too. The dog is given IV hydration and nutrition, nausea and pain control, and then you wait it out.
Is she eating anything at all? I hope your vet explained that avoiding fats is very important right now - and in the future. What did your vet determine to be the cause of the attack?
I agree 100% with Ginger, it sounds like an attack of pancreatitis to me. The normal treatment for pancreatitis is one week of hospitalization on NOTHING but IV fluids, not even water to drink, to give the pancreas TOTAL REST. After the week is up, they start slowly introducing very bland food.
Any time a dog is fed human food there is the risk of them developing pancreatitis, and even one meal can be enough to cause it.
I had a healthy dog until he went under for dental cleaning and tooth extractions. The tooth extractions went well, but two days later he developed pancreatitis. We got it under control with medication and low fat canned food. However, when we stopped the meds we noticed he wasn't turning his neck and his neck started throbbing. We took him in again to the vet. The vet x-rayed his neck and said he has a slipped disk.
If this illness really is pancreatitis, the only treatment is to rest the gut and treat the significant pain and nausea. That means NOTHING by mouth and an IV to keep up hydration. If the condition goes on more than a week to 10 days, then the vet may need to surgically install a port into a major vein in the neck to admister food. That sounds more horrible than it really is. With a port, the dog's meds can be administered and blood taken without being stuck all the time.
If your dog was only diagnosed with pancreatitis four days ago she shouldn't be on food yet. The treatment for pancreatitis is to keep the dog on IV fluids ONLY for one week so that the pancreas can have TOTAL rest and not have to produce enzymes to digest anything. If you try to rush this healing procedure you will not have a favorable outcome.
I went through this with my first dog, and like yours, he was a very senior dog when it happened. We got him the best treatment money could buy but finally had to face the fact that nothing could save him.
Pancreatitis is notoriously difficult to treat and predict. Some dogs bounce right back after a few days off the chow line; others go downhill no matter what happens. It's a terrible waiting game of treating symptoms.
Quick intro: My dog is 17 1/2 (old I know), and last year he had a bad pancreatitis attack that led to kidney failure. After being put on IV fluids for 3 days, he got much better and the kidney failure actually went away. However the same thing happened yet again a week ago.
my dog has had pancreatitis 2 times he is 8 yrs old and he hasnt shown symptoms in 2 yrs. we got a kitten over the weekend and the dog ended up eating the cat food a couple of times. now he has diahrea and i have seen a couple blood drops by the poop. Is there something i can do for him other then take him to the vet. It is the same exact symtoms as last time so i really dont need to pay a couple hunred dollars for them to tell me what i already know.
Hi leeanne. :-) I lost my first dog to pancreatitis when he was almost 14. He was NPO for the last 3 weeks of his life. After the first week, he seemed well enough to try plain chicken and rice and he really enjoyed it. Little did we know it was his last meal. The next day he was right back to barfing everything - including water. We took him to a specialist hospital where he had the same treatment in ICU as a human with pancreatitis.
It is necessary for you to take your dog to the vet and get this explored, probably through an x-ray. In the meantime, keep her as calm as possible and don't take her for walks and definitely don't let her jump up or climb stairs.
If the problem is caused through trauma rather than disease, then rest for a few days may resolve the problem - but it is worth getting a vet to check it out properly, so you get a propper diagnosis.
I lost my first dog at nearly 14 years to pancreatitis. This illness is a really difficult one to treat, and there is no way of telling which dog will respond, and with one won't. Don't force him to eat if he refuses food. He knows he can't digest it.
Pancreatitis means that the pancreas is inflamed and swollen and usually infected. In dogs, it is usually brought on by a large, sudden intake of fats.
I am glad to hear there is some improvement with your puppy, and he got something to ease the pain.
No-one here is going to think you are nuts for being nuts about your dog! My dog is like my little sister, and I don't mind who thinks I'm nuts for saying that!
Keep him away from anything fatty, or even something slightly fatty. I'd keep him away from dairy as well. Plain boiled meat or fish. Chicken is good. Game meat (rabbit or game bird) is virtually fat-free, and is best boiled.
You really don't want to put off treatment for a dog with pancreatitis. One, it's extremely painful; and two, it is easily fatal. The pancreas needs to rest, which means NO FOOD until it's over. Since your dog is not drinking, she needs to have IV fluid support and possibly IV nutrient support as well. This condition is very dangerous, so please don't wait any longer and get her to a vet!
Oh I am SO sorry! Bad enough to lose your friend, but it's so much worse during what is supposed to be a joyous time of year.
I have to agree with your vet regarding the cause of death. I lost my first dog to pancreatitis and he had the same symptoms as your dog. It's an extremely painful condition and very difficult and expensive to treat. The only blessing here is that your dog was spared a great deal of suffering and took a difficult decision out of your hands.
I am looking for a dog food for our rat terrier who has issues with chronic pancreatitis, high cholesterol and trig.
We presently have her on Hill's W/D but would like a maintenance low fat food.
Ask what might ha,ve caused the pancreatitis. I believe pancreatitis can take time to resolve, and it is quite painful. I think that's why he is panting and uninterested in food.
The second week he was back to excessive drinking. The vet administered a shot of cortisol. Within 24 hours the dog developed pancreatitis and was in critical condition. The vet was callous enough to tell us that we should consider putting the dog to sleep and insisted that the condition was not caused by the Cushings. The dog is a fighter and miraculously pulled through. He is still sick with Cushings and the vet is not addressing treatment.
My chocolate lab "Skip" is about 10 years old and developed pancreatitis for the first time. We took him to the doctor he never vomited or diahrea until the day after he got to the vets office. His amalyse was high like 8000 and his glucose and white blood count low but we got an ultrasound to make sure not cancer. He started to show improvements with the IV and antibiotic. Now a week later he is starting to decline and the vet has tried everything.
Recommended
