Heart murmur in cats symptoms
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The clot is formed in the flaccid heart and travels in the circulation until it becomes lodged in an area in which it is too large to pass, causing a blockage. Most of these cats with a thromboembolism do not recover.
It is not lucky for your cat to have cardiomyopathy, but it is lucky that it was discovered since your cat can now be placed on heart medications which will hopefully prevent embolis formation.
He may also have feline heartworm disease since it is estimated that a good 2/3 of cats with persistant cough and other lung/heart symptoms have feline heartworm disease (in certain high mosquito areas). And of course there could always be concurrent lung disease such as asthma.
I assume that Scruffy is not on any heart or lung medications at this time, but these medications can be very effective in prolonging a good quality of life.
Heart murmurs can be benign (causing no problems) or severe (leading to heart failure). When a heart murmur is identified in young kittens, we often think about the possibility of a congenital defect. Congenital defects that may occur are patent ductus arteriosus, atrial and ventricular septal wall defects, mitral or tricuspid dysplasia, aortic stenosis, and pulmonic stenosis. In kittens, the most common congenital defects are related to the mitral valve or ventricular septal defects.
ASYMPTOMATIC CATS AND MURMURS
A heart murmur is simply the sound generated by turbulent blood flow. While turbulent blood flow can come from heart disease in cats, it can also come from anxiety or even compression of the chest from the stethoscope. This makes interpretation of a heart murmur in an apparently healthy cat difficult. Does the cat have latent heart disease or no disease at all?
hi im a 23 yr old female and never in my life had anxiety or pains in my heart until i delivered my son he is now 3 and its so hard to enjoy every little minute with him ..ive been to the doctors they tell me its axiety .ive been to the er umteen times they tell me my EKG turned out fine my blood work turned out fine my Xrays turned out fine ..why does this little thing in the back of my brain tell me otherwise..i have a friend that was 32 and 7 months pregant with her first little boy .
I am so sorry about your loss, but Cleo is now in a place without pain.
Many cats will not show any symptoms of heart disease prior to having thromboembolism. They won't have a heart murmur, or coughing or wheezing and will have no sign of exercise intolerance, or syncope (fainting from heart problems).
A chest X-Ray, echocardiogram, and blood pressure check would show abnormalities, but not many owners are willing to have these diagnostics performed unless a problem is already noted.
Twenty four hours later we had to rush him to the ICU his lungs full of fluid and he had small heart tears in both his atriums. He lived two more weeks in and out of the ICU on oxygen. We didn't get the chance to euthanise him peacefully. He went into cardiac arrest in the ICU and died. It was horrendous.
I'm completely heartbroken and still in shock. It was very hard to realise at the time that all the meds were just buying time.
While she may have a heart murmur and possibly heart disease, I doubt that has anything to do with her behavior towards you other pets. Some cats just don't like other cats (or dogs). This tends to be especially true with cats that have been declawed since they can become more defensive and use other tools (hissing, growling, swatting, etc.) to make up for their lack of normal defenses.
Yes you can also use enrofloxacin which is comes with a veterinary label called Baytril and/or Orbax to treat mycoplasma in cats.
Here is a summary of this feline red blood cell disease which I hope is helpful.
Sometimes called feline infectious anemia, feline mycoplasma is a bacterial infection caused by the Mycoplasma haemofelis organism.
Feline mycoplasma is spread through the bite of an infected flea, lice tick or mosquito as well as through a transfusion with infected blood.
I took him to the vet early this week and after blood work we were told he was severely anemic, had enlarged intestines, a mass in his stomach, a grade 4 heart murmur, and was in kidney/renal failure. He was a three year old bengal/tabby mix.
Due to everything that was wrong, we made the decision to let him go. I'm struggling trying to come to terms with what might have caused this. Does anyone have any ideas?
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19.Stiffness of the joints, neck, or back
20.Muscle pain or cramps
21.Twitching of the face or other muscles
22.Headache
23.Neck creeks and cracks, neck stiffness, neck pain
24.Tingling, numbness, burning or stabbing sensations, shooting pains
25.Facial paralysis (Bell's Palsy)
26.Eyes/Vision: double, blurry, increased floaters, light sensitivity
27.Ears/Hearing: buzzing, ringing, ear pain, sound sensitivity
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You say he whines if you pick he up. This suggests to me that your
kitty is possibly in pain. Cats don't whine for no reason. He may have
some sort of infection that is causing him pain. Please take your fur baby
to be seen by a vet. It sounds to me like he needs medical attention.
Kittens and older cats are good at hiding when they are sick.
p.s. You say you gave him flea meds a week ago. You need to tell
your vet this.
I was the same way with my husband when I lost my best buddy.
He had a heart murmur and had been on mediation for 3 years...one morning he had similar symptoms as your boyfriends cat, I called my Vet who was willing to come to the house...he said he was in congestive heart failure and we did put him down that morning.....it was a shock, he had been short of breath for awhile but not in distress till that morning.....I took it very hard too, he was 17 and my best friend.
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