Megaesophagus in Pets
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2012
- healthypets.mercola.com/sites/... Mercola.com veterinarian, Dr. Karen Becker, explains the megaesophagus in pets.
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Thank you so much for helping me finally understand what the heck is wrong with my cat!
Our 16 year old beagle passed away due to this condition.please dont take it lightly 😢
So informative. Thank you
thanks for the information...
My kitten has mega-e. He was diagnosed at 6wks right after weening him off kitten formula. It's so uncommon in cats and there's hardly any info out there for mega e cats. It's all trial and error. I stumbled across a feline megaesophagus page which helped me out more than I could have imagined. My kitten is now 9 months old and eats mushed food standing up.
Not sure if you will see this. Could you perhaps share the page you used for information. I think my cat has this. He is 9 months and sometimes regurgitates his food. He also has no meow (it’s more like a quiet squeak). The vets are not able to find out what is wrong despite an X-ray and examination down his throat (although one of his tonsils is larger than the others and marked down as an abnormality)
My cat used to do this once a week. Then she got sick with triaditis and now she does it practically everyday. The vets I've visited are treating her as it was gastritis.
How would a newfoundland handle this disease? I know other dogs sit in chairs but how would you get a newfoundland to?
My dog Kalei is a huge Anatolian, he was sitting in front of me and I pushed my knee into his esophagus, not hard just did it as a friendly nudge, at which point he regurgitated some water and food. He has been doing the regurgitating for a couple months now a few times a week, sometimes more and almost always in the morning. He eats his meal after playing for about 60-90min every evening with another anatolian. I'm wondering if I should try the knee again in a few days to rule out it wasn't just coincidence? My vet wasn't worried about his regurgitating yet as Kalei is a one time a day eater and leaves a bit of his food for morning. When he wakes up, if he immediately drinks water it is almost 100% it won't stay down. If he waits an hour or so it doesn't happen for the most part. That's all the info I have, should I be worried, he is peak health otherwise, tall, lean, muscular.
How do u stop this
My dog has had this for four years, $30,000 later, she's happy and her esophagus is so large it takes up her entire body, butnthey said the good news it can't get larger. She always throws up but her quality of life has improved. If anyone has a dog that has this condition and has questions, I'm literally an expert. Comment back if you have questions. Here is idiopathic and we've learned how to manage :)
Hi my name is Rena and my puppy just got diagnosed with the same issue please tell me what kind of foods I should feed him
Rena Patrick hi! My Instagram is ineedanap if you want to talk in messages there.
But my dog, is on a wet food diet. I add the food then I put the same amount of water in and mix it until it's pretty much like a soup. Then hold her upright for about half hour so it can slide down to her belly. They sell these special feeding chairs called bailey chairs that are recommended for feeding. Just google bailey chair megaesophagus. If you can't afford one, you can email them on heir website and they'll make you for no cost.
She takes cisapride to help make her esophagus work better. (It is very expensive and you can only get a weeks worth at a time. It's around 50$ a week. So 200$ a month)
She also takes hydrocodone-homatropine for her cough so she doesn't get a mucus like cough because that's usually what makes her throw up. It helps to feed smaller meals throughout the day instead of big ones because it's easier to digest. Also, when they lay down especially at night, if their food is trapped, eventually it has to go somewhere and that's why they throw up. So if you can have him sleep on a pillow or something so his butt is on the floor and his arms and head and neck are upward, that helps too.
Also get him checked for myasthenia gravis, Addison's disease, a thyroid problem and I forgot the other one. But those can cause it and if you can manage one of those, then it'll help.
Also, you know those travel pillows, that you wear on an airplane, kind of like a big donut you wear on your neck, I've read those can help keep their necks up at night. My dog has a collapsing trachea so she can't use one. But maybe it'll help yours.
Hope this helped! It's very scary to go through this, if you have more questions message me on Instagram.
Also my dogs food is prescription and it's Hills Prescription Diet Digestive Care :)
Hi I desperately hope your still monitoring this comments. We have a seven week old puppy. The vet suspects he has ME, but I am not so sure (we have a second appointment with another vet) on Friday for a second look.
He was fine on Saturday, then Sunday he seemed lethargic Sunday night and into Monday he began vomiting or spitting up, to be honest I am not sure which is more accurate. He seems to feel very badly--more like a virus. When we brought him in they originally thought he had parvo (despite being vaccinated).
Would this be a normal presentation of ME--virus like? Or would it just be spitting up, then back to activities.
I have a 2 month puppy with this condition, please tell me she will out grow it. Im heartbroken
thank you very much
@@iNEEDANAPx you are a gem
Hello. I found your description of megaesophagus to be very informative and accurate, based on experience with my dog, who has this condition. Can you expand on your comments about Chinese medicine and acupuncture treatments for this condition?
My cat has it. He's six months old and I don't know how to treat him...
can you give a dog who has megaesophagus raw food?
my dog started to eat bird seed & started getting better. when I moved out of the city to a country property she would eat wombat poo . now she doesn't vomit at all . but I still feed her in her bailey chair & small amounts 5 times a day considering she was almost dead 12 months ago.
stringy bark I feel your pain, were four years and $30,000+ in
My cat has 2 esophagus. She had so many tests to conclude this. This is a very rarely condition found in animals or humans. My question is..Would this condition behave like megaesophagus? As in all my search the simptoms seem same. Should i feed her in a different angle? Or is not the same thing, and i don t have to worry about food going in lungs? Thank you, if you answer me back.
I need the Bailey chair for my German Shepherd asap. She j. Tust left hospital with pneumonia. Diagnosed with megaesophagus one year ago and has been on and off antibiotics all year due to pneumonia. If only I had found your site a year ago. Anyway,,,,how and where can I order the chair? Have a handyman that will built it to fit around her. Thanks for any and all help.
Scotty Nance it's been a year since ou posted this but Google the bailey chair and there's a site where they'll make you one and if you can't financially afford it, they'll just donate it. Hope your four legged friend is still around and hanging on :(
My boy has this as a side effect from also being diagnosed with myasthenia gravis which is a problem with the nerves and muscles! This makes keeping him up right after eating incredibly difficult so the chair may be an option although I’m going to have to build one as they are not widely available in the UK. He’s a GSD at 40kg so not the easiest to nurse or hold when trying to get the food down that and with his legs just going from under him because of MG is very distressing. I’ve love ti know if anyone has experienced this at all and has any tips we are in the first week of him being discharged so any advice and help would be amazing!
check out the facebook pages. We just adopted a 6 month lab puppy with ME and it has taken over my life!! We must return him to the breeder as we cannot have him in the house or car or take him adventuring to the rivers and lakes. I don't have a companion, I have a full-care patient. 😢
Can you describe a "thickening agent" for water?
aspirin
No, it's unflavoured gelatine
@@marianagerdon6475Absolutely do not add asprin to your dog's water every day. It's a blood thinner.
Just lost my 2 mo kitten from this 😭
My partner's dog was cured through a mix of acupuncture and months of careful feeding and jiggling after each meal.
I would be interested in the jiggling technique!
@@sunshign1 Me too, I'd love to know about what that treatment was
@@maurogalindez3901 did you find out? I'm just learning to "burp" my puppy as he eats from an elevated bowl, or whenever I hear him gurgling.
@@judymiller5154 I didn't. And my dog died this month so I'm no longer caring for a dog who's sick with megaesophagus. Best of luck to you in treating your dog buddy!
@@maurogalindez3901 aw I am so sorry your pup is gone after you tried so hard 😢. We have decided to return ours as we are totally unprepared and this is not what we want to deal with for his entire, heartbreaking life. I pray you can find a suitable companion. God bless ❤️🙏❤️
My pug puppy is 50 days old before 5 days she was suffering from the parvo now she is fine bt she is eaten ceralac, it is coming coming frm her nose not a mouth,
Doctor did exray n ultrasound
Thn they said she has me ha megaesophogues .
Bt u said food come with mouth
Bt in my case food coming frm her nose
Pls mal help me
She is to little girl
She is not plying
Not barking
She want only live alone
🙏🏻
Hello mam
Is she ok now?
@@arunima9808 yes now she is fine