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Canine distemper is so well-spread and the symptoms so varying that if your pet displays any signs such as those mentioned above, a visit to a veterinarian for a diagnosis should be made promptly.
Treatment of chorea is usually ineffective, and it is not often attempted because results cannot be expected unless medication is administered over long periods of time. Various tonic preparations containing arsenic or iron compounds have occasionally been used with indifferent results. Highly nourishing food should back up any course of treatment. In the above, chorea has been discussed in its pure form, that is, where it is present in the otherwise normal animal. Very often chorea arises as a complication of a severe attack of distemper at the height of the disease. In such cases death almost invariably ensues.
It seems to be fairly common knowledge that in diabetes there is elimination of sugar in the urine. It also seems to be well known that, to counteract the undesirable effects of this sugar in the urine, the patient has to give himself injections of insulin, which burns up the sugar so that it is utilized by the body and is not excreted in the urine. But what is not generally known is that the above condition is what is called diabetes mellitus; and that there is also another form of diabetes called diabetes insipidus, in which there is no sugar in the urine and for which it is not necessary to give injections of insulin. Both these forms of diabetes are diseases that are longlasting and usually fatal. In the early stages of both these diseases there is an excessive thirst and good appetite. Otherwise the affected animal appears quite normal. But gradually, in spite of its good appetite, the affected animal becomes thinner and thinner until it finally looks quite emaciated. In diabetes mellitus, there may also appear ulcerations of the surface of the eyeballs or the formation of cataracts. There may also be signs of vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, bronchitis, penumonia, ulceration of the skin, and excessive falling hair.
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Convulsions can come about for a great variety of reasons. They might be due to injury, poisoning from certain chemicals, nervous disorders, brain inflammations due to an infectious disease, certain urinary disturbances, eclampsia, diabetes, foreign bodies in the stomach, or worms. The treatment of convulsions obviously depends on the cause. Whether or not the treatment can be successful depends upon how readily the cause can be eliminated. As a general rule, in the ordinary case where convulsions appear with increasing frequency, the likelihood of a cure is rather remote. That is why the animal who has convulsions should be brought to a veterinarian at the earliest possible moment. Often the application of quick emergency measures has been able to save many an animal’s life when, on the other hand, even a few moments’ delay would have so changed the situation that the animal would have had only a limited chance for survival.
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Whether we speak of veterinary medicine or of human medicine, the fact remains that anatomy is the foundation stone upon which the entire edifice of modern medicine is built. Disease is essentially an impairment of the function of a particular organ. Without an understanding of the anatomy of the organ, scientific treatment is impossible. Thus anatomy is of crucial importance to the veterinarian. As a dog owner, you can have the complete assurance that your veterinarian has profound anatomical knowledge that he uses all the time in his efforts to keep your dog healthy.
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In most darkhaired dogs, gray hairs appear under the lips and around the nose. Also the muzzle becomes enlarged. In old age the hair becomes quite gray in the region of the eyes and extending to the forehead. The ends of the digits become enlarged and rounded, the claws become elongated and very curved; and in animals that have a chronic eczema, the skin of the back and loins shows partial loss of hair, a general thickening, and wartiness.
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