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I am looking for similarities
in all individual cases of
Histiocytic diseases.
I wonder if we all tell our
stories we might come up
with some commonality
between the specific
situations in which all of
our pets got this disease.
So please email me the
details and I'll put your
pets story on Shelley's
Histio Website
UW HISTIO VERHAAL
Ik ben op zoek naar
overeenkomsten in alle
individuele gevallen van
Histiocytose.
Ik hoop dat wanneer wij
onze Histio verhalen
vertellen, wij overeen-
komsten ontdekken over
de manier waarop onze
huisdieren deze ziekte
hebben opgelopen.
Stuur mij de details en
ik zal het verhaal van uw
huisdier op de Histio
website van Shelley zetten.
WARNING !
These stories are all
different. Individual
symptoms, situations
and circumstances
may vary and response to
therapy is not always the
same.
- Disclaimer -
WAARSCHUWING !
Deze verhalen zijn allemaal
verschillend. Individuele
symptomen, situaties en
omstandigheden kunnen
verschillen en de reactie
op therapie is niet altijd
hetzelfde.
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HISTIOCYTOSIS IN
OTHER LANGUAGES
German - Hund
Maligner Histiozytose
French - Chien
l'Histiocytose Maligne
Italian - Canis
Maligni Histiocytosis
Spanish - Perros
Histiocitosis Maligna
Dutch - Hond
Maligne Histiocytose
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Rudy
Cutaneous Histiocytosis
Mixed Breed - half Border Collie / half Australian Shepherd
Male
Born March 2012
Submitted by Julie and Len.
I want to share our so far short journey with our beloved boy. Rudy is half Border Collie, half Australian Shepherd. He joined our family of two cats and another 5 year old Border at 6 weeks old in May 2012. What a sweet baby he was!
This past March (2014) we noticed a lump on his back. We weren't too worried about it and when we took him for his shots in June the vet agreed it was nothing serious. However, after that visit the lumps started popping up like popcorn. When he developed them on his eyes we took him back to the vet and had them do an aspiration pathology. We were told it is cutaneous histiocytosis and nothing to do but steroids or it would go away on its own. We opted out of the steroids because of the side effects, he has always had a weak bladder and increased urination would be a problem.
It is now December and the lumps are multiplying daily. His lymph nodes in his neck by the jaw are large. He is sneezing and snorting a lot. He is still active and eating. I believe it is now systemic histio. The vets won't commit to that diagnosis. We are deciding whether or not to do steroids, we don't want to trade one devil for another especially since there ultimately is no cure.
He is laying on my legs while I write this, still such a sweet boy.
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Be sure to seek the advice of your veterinarian about any question you may have
regarding your pet's health and behavior.
No diagnosis can be done without a veterinarian actually seeing and examining the patient.
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