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Thanks yngver, that is actually very helpful. I am going to research this.
ospam (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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Thanks yngver, that is actually very helpful. I am going to research this.
ospam (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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(lakinapook) wrote:
Thanks yngver, that is actually very helpful. I am going to research this. You're welcome. One place to look is http://www.heartwormsociety.org/FelineHeartwormInfo.htm If you decide it sounds as though it could have been heartworm, it may be some comfort to you to know that often when a cat goes into crisis from acute infection, it can be so sudden and so serious that nothing can be done to save the cat. So if that was the case, there was probably not much you or the vet could have done. Even when heartworm infestation is known and the cat is being monitored at a clinic when in crisis, many times the cat cannot be saved. Again, I'm sorry for the loss of your cat. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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(lakinapook) wrote:
Thanks yngver, that is actually very helpful. I am going to research this. You're welcome. One place to look is http://www.heartwormsociety.org/FelineHeartwormInfo.htm If you decide it sounds as though it could have been heartworm, it may be some comfort to you to know that often when a cat goes into crisis from acute infection, it can be so sudden and so serious that nothing can be done to save the cat. So if that was the case, there was probably not much you or the vet could have done. Even when heartworm infestation is known and the cat is being monitored at a clinic when in crisis, many times the cat cannot be saved. Again, I'm sorry for the loss of your cat. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: I suppose its possible. I don't recall ever being spoken to about heartworms in cats. I always thought that it was just a dog thing. I will have to check into that. No, cats can get heartworm as well, and detecting it may be harder than it is with dogs. Sometimes the cat appears perfectly normal and then suddenly dies of heart failure. With our cat, I don't remember the actual eosinophil count but the vet said it was extremely high, high enough to suspect heartworm. I don't think it was as high as 1309, however. A high level of eosinophils indicates the body is reacting to something foreign--like parasites, or allergens. It's possible your cat died of heart failure due to heartworm infestation, although I don't know quite what the other parts of the blood test indicate. I believe a high CPK is consistent with heart attack or heart failure. (Yngver) wrote in message ... (lakinapook) wrote: Yes, they did run blood work on her. I am absolutely not qualified to read the results, but these items did stand out. Sodium level was 160, and was rated HIGH CPK level was 610 and was rated HIGH Platelet count was 195 and was rated LOW Eosinophils was 1309 and was rated HIGH Don't know if anyone else knows what those things might indicate. I'm not a vet and can't really interpret those figures except to say that when a stray cat we took in tested very high for eosinophils, the vet suspected heartworm. Is this a possibility? Heartworms can cause sudden death. |
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