由 黑妹媽 » 2006-03-21, 20:31
以下為美國愛屋李醫師的回覆:
The most two common viral-induced gastroenteritis are Parvovirus and corona virus. It is very unfortunately that there is no medicine can cure this two diseases at this time. The puppy can be recovered(survived) from this infection or not all depending on how much and how fast the puppy's body to produce enough antibody to neutralize the virus. The things we can do is perform proper supportive treatment to maintain the puppy at good body condition to prevent hypovolumic shock due to severe intestinal bleeding. These treatments are including fluid support, electrolytes support,and preventing continuous diarrhea/vomiting. We also give the puppies enough nutrition for their immune system to produce enough antibody as soon as possible. Most of the time we hospitalize the sick puppy in the hospital and give 24 hours intravenous treatment for about 3-5 days. According to my experience, we can save aout 85-90% of puppy's life. There are still some puppies can't be saved because of lack of antibody produced, severe blood loss shock, and cardiac arrest by endocarditis(virus induced).
In the USA, we have an in-house test kit to test the parvovirus inside dog's feces. It takes about 10 minutes to get the result which is very convenient for us to make the right diagnosis in the hospital immediately. There is no test kit available yet for corona virus. Some large Laboratories in the USA can run the antibody level of corona virus in sick puppy's blood. The good thing for corona virus infection is that it is not as severe as parvovirus, so proper supportive treatment always can save these puppies life.
The blood chemistry tests and cell counting only show us how is the body getting effects by these viral infections and can't give us an accurate diagnostic answer. Yes, we recommend to perform blood test if owner can afford the cost of these tests , not just for seeing how is the body condition also try to rule out other dieases and let us(doctor) have the best treatment plan. The blood tests I recommend are at least including CBC(complete blood count), eletrolytes(Na,Cl,K,Ca),chemistry(protein-albumin/globulin,liver and kidney function). Of course if the doctor can perform more complete test is even better. The most important thig for these diseases is accurate diagnosis with proper treatment.
Well, dear Blacky yong sister mom, hope I do give you enough information you want to know. If you still have any questions, please feel free to ask.
亞比麻 翻譯如下:
最普遍的兩種病毒引起的胃腸炎是Parvovirus和corona病毒, 不幸的是此時沒有藥物能治療這兩種病毒,
小狗是否可以存活的關鍵在於牠是否可以製造足夠的抗體去抵制病毒,
我們可以做的是提供適當的支援讓狗狗可以維持良好的身體狀況去預防嚴重的腸出血.
這些支援包括液體跟電解質支援及防止不斷的腹瀉和嘔吐,
我們同時也提供小狗足夠的營養讓免疫系統儘可能的產生抗體,
大部分這種狀況我們會讓生病的狗留在醫院做24小時的治療大約3-5天,
根據我們的經驗,狗狗大概會有八成五至九成的存活率,
無法救回的狗是因為缺少足夠的抗體,嚴重的流失血液.休克,還有因心內膜炎導致心臟停止(病毒導致的)
在美國,我們有一種檢驗的工具,去檢驗狗的排泄物是否含有parvovirus病毒,
大約10分鐘就可以得到結果,對我們在醫院診斷病症來說非常的便利,
可以立即做出適當的治療,對於corona病毒則沒有任何的檢驗工具,
美國有一些大的研究室可以提供檢驗
好消息是corona病毒並不像parvovirus病毒那樣嚴重,
所以提供適當的治療可以拯救這些狗的生命,
血液化學檢測和cell counting 只可以提供我們病毒對狗的身體的影響但無法提供給我們準確的診斷方式,
是的,我們建議飼主如果有能力負擔的話可以做血液檢驗,
除了檢查身體的狀況,還要排除其他疾病讓醫生可以有最好的治療計畫,
血液測試我建議至少要包含CBC(完整的血液計數), eletrolytes(Na,Cl,K,Ca),chemistry(蛋白質-清蛋白/血球素,肝腎功能)當然醫生可以提供更完整的檢測是最好的,
對這種疾病來說最重要的是要做準確的診斷和適當的支持療法,
親愛的黑妹媽,希望我有提供給你你想知道的訊息,
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