Pneumonia treatment cats
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pneumonia
yes-take to vet immediately- i almost lost my Bob because I didn't know that coughing is a bad sign in cats unless actually coughing up a hairball-it turned out he'd gotten pneumonia. Do NOT hesitate-get your kitty to vet stat-coughing is NOT NORMAL in cats.
Cats do NOT get colds like we do-we get cold viruses that eventually go away. Cats get respiratory infections that are caused by bacteria and need antibiotics. I am sorry to tell ya this, but this will not just go away-your cat needs antibiotics that are different from the ones that were used for your cat's ear infections.
Will your vet take post-dated checks? Or, you can look into a special credit card for pet care only called Carecredit.
If you have a virus that resulted in pneumonia, while allopathic medicine has little in the way of anti-virals, there are plants that have anti-viral properties. Olive leaf and elderberry are two examples. Herb Pharm makes a tincture that helps with virus control. That being said, though, and assuming this is viral in nature, once you have pneumonia you have progressed significantly through the viral process already and the more important thing is clearing the lungs.
It is most likely an allergic reaction at its peak. Call your vet to make an appointment ASAP just in case; but if it an allergic reaction, the doctor should not be overly worried as long as the cat keeps eating and doesn't seem lethargic. It may be a bug bite, plant, spider....
I also got this from a website. You might want to read it all.
Viral infections - the most common one that causes mouth sores, drooling, and foul breath is a serious infection called calici.
Hi Glenn, wondering how your cat is doing and hoping you got her to the vet. She sounds very ill. Every single thing you describe your kitty doing sounds like my BIL's cat who had pneumonia. Medical intervention is a must!
Please give us an update when you can.
t know yet, will be retested in Feb. I stopped tx after 8 months because I had pneumonia for 6 weeks and after that some kind of infection every month. Just could not take it any longer. Thought I'd bounce back right away and am really down and out that I still feel so bad.
I always thought I was allergic to my cats because my cough started at ab out the same time as I got my cats, but there was no correlation. Last year, I had pneumonia twice and the second time, they did a CT scan and found the bronchiectasis. My first doctor didn't believe the CT scan and just treated the pneumonia and when it "cleared", he said I was well though I still couldn't breathe right and I still spit up green phelgm.
According to the symptoms you describe, the cats need antibiotics. When there is heavy discharge, the best treatment is antibiotics, like Clavamox would be one. It could be they have feline herpesvirus or feline calicivirus. Feline chlamydia, a bacterial infection, can also result in upper respiratory tract infections. I am going through that with my own cats, sneezing being the only symptom. Clavamox works well at killing the bacteria that causes this type of URI.
iam just geting over pneumonia and i have started getting joint pain.
why is my son getting pneumonia all the time since he was born he has had chest infections after chest infec but the last 12 mths its been very bad he has had pneumonia i lost count now he is two and is always got a very rattely chest and cant not sleep to well at a nite time will all this pneumonia damages is lungs or why is he always ill he dosent run around like a two year old he lols around a lot i need sum advice he is on inhalers but they dont seem to make a difrrence he has had nebs wich
Buddy was diagnosed with pneumonia and has gone through a course of doggy antibiotics and 3 courses of human antibiotics. The right lung is full of fluid. He would get better, then be energetic and get worse. It was suggested that he may not have pneumonia but CHF. Is there anything to do to help him. The vet doesn't seem to have any suggestions. Would a diuretic help? He's starting to not eat now.
there is a little bit of blood in the sputum , only in the morning after i wake up. i got 3 pneumonia when i was little. my lung is sensitive. now when i cough my back hurts(this symptom just occured yesterday).... but when i dont smoke it gets better. do i have possibility of getting lung cancer?
Thnak you!
It commonly leads to bacterial infections that require antibiotics to cure. Pneumonia is also a somewhat common complication. Most cats will stop eating when suffering this infection due to mouth pain. Adult cats usually aren't as affected as kittens are, but this is a tough infection for cats of every age and can be fatal if not managed. Hospitalization is needed from time to time if the cat will not eat.
It depends on the mites. If they were long standing, it could take several weeks of repeated treatment before all of the eggs hatch and new eggs aren't being laid. After medicating, clean out his ears as much as you can.
Surprisingly, cats get many of the same ailments that people get. As a result, lots of the treatments that veteranarians perform on cats and dogs were tried out on humans first. Viruses are not interchangeable between humans and cats, so there is nothing to worry about as far as catching cat HIV is concerned. The one exception I know of is that pregnant women should not clean litter boxes because of some microbe?that could cause problems to a developing fetus.
Hi bibban12,
The thing about pneumonia is it's just a broad term for lung inflammation, and the air sacs filling up with fluid, but it isn't a specific diagnosis of what caused the pneumonia.
For the past couple of years I have been having many upper respiratory infections.. I first had bronchitis, almost turned into walking pneumonia, then H1N1. And then from there repeated about every 3-5 months another resp. virus. Doctors initially thought I was never getting over this repeated cold. But I think its something more. I have had inhalers off and on for the last 2 years, just ventair basically, been prescribed albuteral nebulizer treatments to do at home as needed.
t know if this is a regional thing or if it happened elsewhere, but this has been a terrible summer for cats. Not just my own cats and the ones at the shelters where I volunteer but at other shelters and other peoples cats according to our vet. They all saw a lot more URI and pneumonia, fleas, ear mites, ring worm, coccidia, and even panleukopenia this season.
Yes you can.I have it right now from the powdered litter in the air. My Dr.is sure of it, because of the test results.
It showed pneumonia in the bottom of both lungs.. I took cipiro for 2 weeks...Felt better now Im coughing bad and coughing up yellow phelghm. New xrays showed nothing.Whats going on? And what kind of pneumiona lives in the bottom of the lungs?
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