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Inflammation Marker at 50, Very High; X-Ray Shows the Heart Is a Bit Off but Vet Can’t Say What—Can You Look at the X-Ray?
A fever with inflammation at 50 means a moderate infection. Find the cause before treating; heart issues like myocarditis can also raise temperature and inflammation. If the heart is suspect, do echocardiogram and X-ray.
How to tell if a dog has recovered from parvovirus?
Recovered dogs show better appetite and energy with vomiting and diarrhea gone. A vet check of white blood cell levels confirms recovery. The cardiac form is rare and often fatal.
What Causes Rapid Breathing in a Cat?
Rapid breathing after heat or hard exercise is usually minor; keep the environment comfortable and let it rest. It can also be pathological: viral pneumonia, FIP, viral myocarditis, or feline parvovirus hepatitis often show it, so see a vet if it recurs.
My Dog Has Been Panting Heavily at Night Lately
Night panting may signal heart or lung disease like chronic pneumonia, pulmonary edema, hypertrophic heart disease, or myocarditis, often with exercise intolerance and drowsiness; overweight dogs are more at risk. Get chest X-ray, cardiac ultrasound, and bloodwork.
Why Does a Puppy Suddenly Go into Heart Failure?
Heart failure links to genetics, age, poor nutrition, infection, and disease; some breeds like poodles and Chihuahuas are prone. In a puppy, sudden failure more likely comes from disease such as myocarditis, pericarditis, or poisoning.
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What are the early signs of parvovirus in a Golden Retriever puppy?
Early parvovirus signs in Golden Retrievers: lethargy, reduced appetite, indigestion, lying down, regurgitating undigested food, then yellow-green fluid and white foam. Two types: myocarditis (rare, sudden death) and enteritis (vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stool, fever). Seek vet care if seen.
Dog suddenly vomited in the morning, first dark green mucus, then foamed at the mouth and died within half an hour; why?
Sudden dark-green vomit then foaming and rapid death suggests poisoning or acute bloat/torsion/obstruction, or severe disease like parvovirus myocarditis. A necropsy can confirm.
Cat has been sick a month, no improvement; X-ray shows an enlarged heart and pericardial effusion — what medicine?
The X-ray shows a unclear heart outline and lung compression by pleural fluid, indicating effusion, but pericardial effusion can't be confirmed by X-ray alone — it suggests possible heart failure/myocarditis. Confirm with cardiac ultrasound; if breathing distress, give oxygen and drain fluid. Treat the underlying cause.
Kitten has diarrhea, weak breathing, arched back, trembling and seems unconscious — what is wrong?
Based on your description — lethargy, diarrhea, weak breathing, opisthotonos, tremors and coma — this suddenly appearing suggests the myocardial form of feline panleukopenia. This type often causes sudden death. Seek emergency veterinary care, oxygen and fluids.