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« on: September 17, 2008, 01:51:11 PM » |
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My Wilson has been sick ever since I got him 4 yrs ago, runny nose, sneezing sometimes with green discharge, and now runny eyes. As a kitten he was treated with Antibiotics, he seemed to get better, now 4 yrs later he is back to sneezing and runny nose and eyes. He was put on antibiotics and I gave him L-lysine for 3 weeks, he seemed to do better, but now he's back to it again.
Im thinking this is Chlamydia, or Calcivirus. The vet doesnt even know.
I was reading about Zithromax, anyone else use this??
I do not want to take him to the vet again as he gets very stressed, and as you know this makes matters worse, I wonder if the vet would let me take a sample of his eye discharge in?
Any advice would be appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2008, 07:14:55 PM » |
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I have a friend who has a cat with the herpes virus.............symptoms are identical to what you describe.
Antibiotics will not cure a virus.
Zithromax is an antibiotic.
The herpes virus can quiet down or flare up if the kitty is stressed or the diet is poor.
My friend's kitty was diagnosed 4 years ago. She has her kitty on 1000mg of lysine daily. Kitty has had only one flare up in the past 18 months, in which case she doubled the l-lysine to 2000mg......2 divided doses daily for 7-10 days.
Her kitty is doing wonderfully despite the virus.
L-lysine for this kitty is now life long.
Perhaps your vet can test for herpes virus.
"Candida" is a fungal infection which can often occur as a result of overuse of antibiotics and can be secondary to a viral infection like herpes.
Hope this helps some. Pease keep us posted about Wilson and I hope you get some answers soon.
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LorriM
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« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2008, 06:10:03 AM » |
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Sounds like Herpes...It's definitely not calici and chlamydia usually only sicken kittens.
lysine is a good idea. It helps a lot. But you're cat will always have it. Only give the antibi's when it gets really bad, otherwise, they might not work when you really need them.
I'd wait on using the zithromax unless you cat is really really sick. It's better to save the "big guns" for big infections.
lysine comes in powder and tablets.
On another note, I'd be skeptical of a vet that can't recognize and tell you for sure you cat doesn't have calici....Calici has very specific symptoms and is a serious virus that makes cat quite sick.
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« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2008, 10:05:25 AM » |
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Well Wilson seems better today, he had the runny eye for aday and a half, I gave him some l-lysine, but I didnt want to have him on it permanetly. He has a great diet he is on wet food Wellness and Evo, he plays and everything, although he was hiding under the bed for a week, but it was hot in this apt.
If something flares up again I will have to have a vet come to my house, I am not putting him through that stress again. When he breathes he does sound like there is something blocking his nose or something. I sure hope there is no tumour in there
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« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2008, 12:23:40 PM » |
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l-lysine is an amino acid and one of its great functions is to help the body prevent certain viruses from replicating.
I give it to my kitty Gadget on a daily basis, with no problems for him at all. Gadget gets capsules.
He just had bloodwork done and our vet is MOST pleased.
Thanks Lorri for the reminder that it comes in powder too!
Can be added right to Wilson's food, as it has no taste really.
Not such a bad thing to be on daily if it helps the poor guy from having repeated flare ups.
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« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2008, 06:51:41 PM » |
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It is better to give a cat lysine than not to when it comes to chronic herpes carriers. The less flairs you cat has, the less likely to become very ill and less likely to spread it to other cats.
Since lysine is an amino acid, there are no down sides to giving it and even the best foods rarely contain it, or contain enough of it.
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2008, 11:31:44 PM » |
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What kind of test do they do for the feline herpes virus? so I know this is what he has for sure.
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« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2008, 01:13:00 AM » |
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probably a PCR test depending on what lab....you'd probably have to ask for it specifically.
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