dogs with a low platelet count.

[meatboy]

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my beloved had a burst blood vessel in his nose last friday.

after a blood test at the hospital they found his platelet count was low.

we have to take him back on friday for a follow up test.

one question we will ask the vet is,can MELATONIM be recomended.

i have read [PETPLACE] is a good drug for low platelet counts in dogs.

has anybody been given this drug by a VET.

[meatboy]

21 hours ago, shamimoto said:

Hi meatboy, is there any info as to why dogs get low platelet count? One of my healthy GSD (3 yo) often shows symptoms such as no interest to play, not eating, high fever etc. but 100% free of ticks/fleas. Docs diagnose from blood test that he is low on platelet count but do not tell reason. 2 weeks medication to get to normal condition.

 

Like you, I love my dogs so dearly   

for the last 2.5yrs.our boys platelet count has been haywire.yet he has not shown any reason,

fully active.

eats very well.

never had pale gums.

he has had 2burst blood vessels,one sept.2015,and one march of this yr.

i cant find out why,wbc.and rbc.are fine.but platelet count was down.the cause,this is what i know.the cause of the bloody nose is the platelets gather around the break to plug the break,but this did not happen.

the first time in sept.it took 15hrs.before the bleeding stopped,the latest 5hrs.

10march platelet count 9,000.17th.march 16,000.

i have posted before can these tests be reliable.

he must have had over 20blood tests and only once his count was over 150,000.

according to KASETSART UNI. a healthy count for platelet should be 200,000-900,000.

but a lot of labs are totally different.

it was back in jan.2015 that i seen him wobble as he was drunk,so that was the start of the vets jumping on the gravy train,but me and mrs.meat have learnt SO much.

if your boy is showing those symptoms you discribe there must be a reason,parasites can most times not be detected.

what medication was he given,as when our boy was used as an ATM.given medication in bag full it did make him very deppressed.

we go back to the vet hospital on monday,only concerns,low platelet and high liver count.

only once before has he had a high liver count and a few weeks on HEPATO-TAB LIVER SUPPLEMENT put it right.

[meatboy]

as for the nose bleed,the first was sept.2015,it was 5am.so we panicked as our vet wasnt interested coming out,the wife found a vets that would take him although the doctors didnt arrive till 8am. they done a great job,letting come home at 8pm.with a drip attached.

they also gave the cause for the nose bleed,our so called vet had given him the following medication,we did trust him,i swore if our boy didnt pull through i would have killed him[THE VET THAT IS]

he gave him DOXY.SULFA,PREDISOLONE, that was 2 antibiotics and a steriod given at the same time.

as for the vet never to be seen again.

this time we dont know what caused it.

in over 2ys.he hasnt shown any symptoms as to why his platelet is always low.

the vets that treated him the first time i couldnt praise enough but the facilities were ? just say not good.

for mossies our boy has heartgard 1tablet every month.you can give an injection that lasts for 2months but it does sting.

there are a lot of mossies around right now as its very damp.morning he comes down with me 5.30am.and there is a few around,

we have 2mossy lamps and usually light a smoke coil these are not healthy so for half hr.its tennis bat time,these are good.

[meatboy]

18 hours ago, shamimoto said:

Many thanks meatboy. 9k and 16k count is way too low (compared to normal 200k). What is causing vessel break? Nose bleeding must be a heart-breaking sight. If possible please seek 2nd or 3rd opinion. I wish your boy gets well soon.

 

I do not know name of medication my vet prescribed for my boy. But my boy recovers pretty quickly (within 2-3 days). I'll take him again to vet this evening to re-check the count. He looks OK now.

 

You are right about other possible parasites, which are hard to detect. Is mosquito bite one of possible causes? He sits outside after early morning walk and possibly gets bitten by mozzies.

 

Cheers

the continious low platelet count does scare me when i read what can happen [THROMBOCYTOPENIA]

the symptoms are,

FEVER.

LETHARGY.

HEART MURMER.

EXCESSIVE COUGHING.

EXCESSIVE NASAL MUCUS.

COLLAPSING[IN SERIOUS CASES.

he has never showed any of these symptoms.as his blood counts rbc. wbc.have always been good.

[meatboy]

On 25/3/2560 at 1:05 PM, shamimoto said:

Many thanks meatboy. 9k and 16k count is way too low (compared to normal 200k). What is causing vessel break? Nose bleeding must be a heart-breaking sight. If possible please seek 2nd or 3rd opinion. I wish your boy gets well soon.

 

I do not know name of medication my vet prescribed for my boy. But my boy recovers pretty quickly (within 2-3 days). I'll take him again to vet this evening to re-check the count. He looks OK now.

 

You are right about other possible parasites, which are hard to detect. Is mosquito bite one of possible causes? He sits outside after early morning walk and possibly gets bitten by mozzies.

 

Cheers

well we have had another test,i cant say toooooooooooooooooooooooo much but incompetance comes to mind.

we are gutted that is putting it mildly.so we have arranged 4hr.trip to get a hopefull,thruthfull proper test.

our boy dont deserve what is being done to him.

meatboy.

[meatboy]

On 28/3/2560 at 10:13 AM, meatboy said:

well we have had another test,i cant say toooooooooooooooooooooooo much but incompetance comes to mind.

we are gutted that is putting it mildly.so we have arranged 4hr.trip to get a hopefull,thruthfull proper test.

our boy dont deserve what is being done to him.

meatboy.

well this is for anybody who loves their pets,after the wife and dogs trip to kasetsart vetinary uni.hospital,we now found out the true count of his platelet,still on the low side but not,9,000,16,000 but 53,000.

liver count high not 10,000 but still high 1,450 but an ultra sound ex-ray showed it to be perfect.

as before no parasites,OH YES THERE IS,2 were found,the hepatoozon canis should have been destroyed back in 2015 by IMIZOL 

INJECTION,but we wernt told for it to work the dog MUST have a second one in 14days time.this we wernt told about in 2015.

so this time the wife will go back on the 12th.april.

blood counts,WBC.AND RBC. very important PERFECT.

all together it was 10hrs.in total and as the wife loves him as much as i do she cant wait to take him back.

meatboy/mrs.meat.

[meatboy]

just to update our sams last appointment at KHON KAEN UNI,a follow up IMOZOL injection,plus a blood test has found NO parasites

pesent,liver count down,from 1450 to 380.everything else is fine.

OH NO ITS NOT,this time there is a masive increase in his ALP up from 405 to 5,700.

i dont know what to think,but another bag full of medications.

i got to say the lack of proper information and the blood test results is very poor.

hematology,clinical chemestry,wbc differential count no print out from the test just some results hand written.

in fact the reults that were sealed in an envelope and given to the wife was OF THE LAST VISIT 29th.march.[incompetance?]

meds.given this time, are as follows, AMOXICILLIN/CLAVUALANIC ACID.

                                                                   URSOLIN

                                                                   HEPATO

                                                                   SAMARIN

PLUS WORMING TABS                           DRONTAL.

[meatboy]

forgot to mention,they couldnt take a PLATELET count owing to CLUMPING? what that means i dont know.