What is an Addisonian Crisis?
Posted: July 22, 2009 Filed under: Symptoms 4 Comments »An Addisonian crisis is a medical emergency. Symptoms can be vague and mimic gastrointestinal disorders, acute renal failure, liver disease, insulinoma, hypothyroidism or hypoglycemia. Here are the symptoms that generally indicate Addison’s crisis in most cases:
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Symptoms of Canine Addison’s Disease
Posted: July 22, 2009 Filed under: Symptoms 12 Comments »Addison’s symptoms can be so nonspecific that they are commonly misdiagnosed (even by veterinarians!) for other diseases. That’s why it’s so important to take your dog to the vet when they are ill–something as simple as an upset stomach could be something much more serious.
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What is Addison’s Disease?
Posted: July 21, 2009 Filed under: General 4 Comments »In 1849, Thomas Addison wrote about a then-untreatable adrenal gland dysfunction in humans that had no name. A century later, in 1953, the first case of Addison’s disease in dogs was recorded. Also known as hypoadrenocorticism, adrenal insufficiency, or hypocortisolism. Addison’s disease is fatal if left untreated.
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Our Addisons Dog, Shakti
Posted: July 16, 2009 Filed under: General 3 Comments »We welcomed our wonderful dog, Shakti into our family in January 2007. She was very young–about a year old–and had been left for dead at a veterinarian by her previous owners. One day, a year and a half after she came to live with us, Shakti started acting lethargic. One day later, she was in shock, with multiple organs failing.
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