Then you have to return for a oral treatment, get tested again, put on 6 months of heartworm pills, and tested again. I am happy to say that my doggy is heartworm free now, and I sure am happy that the treatment didn't have to be repeated. What ever you do, make sure that you always keep him on his heartworm pills after he has been treated.. That's one thing that I am always telling people.
Xrays and ekg were done and the vet thinks ity may be congestive heart failure. There is a chance it is heartworm, so they are doing that test as well. If the heartworm was negative, they were going to start her on nitroglycerin and lasix to bring her heart rate down.
They suggested I take to to an emergency clinic tonight so she can be seen by a cardiologist tomorrow.
If they do administer the nitro and lasix, what more can the E.C. do overnight while waiting for the cardiologist.
He could just be having a dream. Dogs do dream and sometimes they will yip or even bark in their sleep, or paddle with their legs as if they are chasing something in their dream.
You said, however, that you just got this dog. Getting a new pet is kind of on the same plane with getting a new car. You should have him checked out by the vet to make sure he is OK just because he is new to your family and you want to be sure that he is healthy.
Dogs can have quite a heavy infestation of heartworm and be overweight at the same time, and they can also maintain quite a high level of activity. Heartworm often cannot be detected except by a blood test, but a cough IS one of the symptoms of it.
I live in South Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. It's very hot and humid here in the summer, prime mosquito territory.
Hello,
I just acquired a very cool 4 year old dog from a friend of mine who had never taken the dog to a vet for shots or put her on heartworm prevention pills. I took her to the vet and got the shots and had her tested for heartworms and she tested positive. The vet recommended a $385.00, 2 injection treatment with a follow up visit, I believe, in 4 months.
We adopted a beautiful American bull dog from a kill shelter. She had heartworm and is now being treated. We got blood tests done and her blood platelets came back a LOW 47k. They want to do an ultrasound first, any way to tell another way why her count is so low? ? She's not lathorgic or weak or feverish, eats and drinks and wants to play but we are keeping her add calm as possible.
Any insight would help. She is a year old American bull dog.
my doctor is said to me to give pcr-rt (quantitative) test? what is pcr? I am very worried.
There is a lot of new tests but elisa is just the type of test, there are 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation of elisas, and there continue to be a lot of research for new tests, the newest teste tend to be rapid test accurate as elsia tests, there has been also improvement also in the NAAT tests, and some labs are trying to come up with a new 5th generation rapid test (PCR+Antibody+p24) but is not ready yet.
My husband had positive elisa test with 3.45 value in august 2016 for hepatitis c. Then he got treatment aND it showed 0.85 value in January 2017. He got checked his hepatitis C by elisa test again two days back. It showed a value of 85.0. He's active n doing job. No cough or any other symptoms. He did it as just a routine checkup. Please guide if elisa test can be 85.0 ?? What should we do next? Much worried! !
Dear Doc (and forum readers),
About a week or so ago I needed to get a medical check for work. When I got my results back, I was shocked to be told that the Elisa test came back as HIV reactive at 1.52. They tested it twice. I really have no idea what that number stands for, though.
I don't have sex. No girlfriend. And I don't sleep with street workers. As far as I can remember, I have not come into contact with blood (except when killing mosquitoes).
hello, i had protected sex with an hiv positive girl (i just discovered), i had sex with her twice, but she gave me several oral sex, i saw some blood on my penis in one of them, from her mouth i think.. i have no symptoms untill now, i did Elisa test 52 days after 1st time and 20 days after last time and today it´s been 2 months since 1st time (the day i saw the blood) and 1 month after our last time.
Hi i Just wanted to know how accurate is ELISA third generation tests is,
my last sex was at 04/11/2010 i did the first test on 22/1/2011 the result wasELISA : HIV1&HIV2 NEGATIVE (0.15) i started to get worried of the number so i did a second test on 15/2/2011 just to make sure that i completed 3 monthes and the rsult came ELISA : HIV1&HIV2 NEGATIVE (0.33) i freeked out why that number is keeping rising !!
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