My dog ate chocolate, no symptoms for hours. Should I be worried?

August 12, 2011

My dog ate exactly 3 ounces of milk chocolate roughly 4 and a half hours ago and has shown no signs of illness or any of the other symptoms I read about. Should I be worried? NO you should not be too worried but you should keep an eye on him /her. I had my [...]

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What are symptoms of kennel cough? Just adopted on friday, new dog was sneezing and wheezing last night, but?

August 12, 2011

I am going to take him to vet, but wondering what this might be? The weather is horrible windy and wet but he will be an inside dog. he was neutered 4 days ago. Upper respiratory infections are common after anesthetic on shelter animals. Stress, poor nutrition, etc. don't make for the healthiest animals and [...]

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Could my mom have Pancreatic Cancer?

August 12, 2011

About 5 days ago she noticed a pain in her lower right hand side of her body. she works in the medical career and she thought it was her gall bladder. So she went into the docter and they did an ultra sound and she said they found a mass on her pancreas about the [...]

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Are the symptoms of rabies in dogs VERY obvious?

August 12, 2011

Can you tell me in one glance that it has rabies? The classic 'mad dog' stage is only a later symptom, before that develops the first phase after infection usually lasts for 2-3 days in dogs. Apprehension, nervousness, anxiety, solitude, and a fever may be noted. Friendly animals may become shy or irritable and may [...]

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Flu like symptoms with mouth ulcers and sore jaw?

August 12, 2011

My husband has been sick on and off for a couple of months, he keeps getting flu like symptoms and then gets better for a week, a few days, then gets sick with the flu again, this time around he's also been complaining of a sore jaw and has these painful ulcers in his mouth [...]

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What are some typical symptoms of cystic fibrosis in an infant?

August 12, 2011

Probable Signs of CF: Salty tasting skin Rapid finger wrinkling in water Infantile asthma Failure to thrive without obvious steatorrhoea Prolonged obstructive jaundice Pseudo-Bartter syndrome (combination of hyponatraemia/hypokalaemia and metabolic alkalosis) hyponatraemia mean low blood sodium levels and hypokalaemia- low blood potassium Hemolytic anemia due to vitamin E deficiency Vitamin A deficiency causing a bulging [...]

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My brother has a mild case of cystic fibrosis and my parents are making me get tested?

August 12, 2011

they are making myself (18 years old) and my two siblings, 9 and 13 get tested. myself and my siblings don't have any symptoms but we are still scared to get tested because of the possibility what are the chances that we will have cf if we have no symptoms? you must have had some [...]

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What are the symptoms of a dog who has had a stroke?

August 12, 2011

My dog is almost 12, he has been "ill" for several weeks now and the vet doesn't know why? his blood tests were fine but he is walking in circles and whining and howling alot. He has been walking like he's drunk and can't seem to keep his balance, and this morning he couldn't hardly [...]

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What is the symptoms of a milk allergy in adults?

August 11, 2011

I was having terrible allergy symptoms. I stopped drinking milk yesterday and I feel better. I was having like pain from sinus congestion. No allergy medicine helped the pain. its lactose intolerant…right after you have dairy products you have cramps in your belly and you have to go to the bathroom…i know i have the [...]

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What are the symptoms of mouth cancer? What are the White Patches inside the mouth or on the lips? Ho?w do?

August 11, 2011

i think mouth cancer has red and bloody sores that look really bad and are also painful White patches are probably something else, and something less serious. Maybe you're biting your mouth accidently when you eat or while you sleep, or you have cold sores, or infection. we can get sores in our mouths for [...]

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