This is a book about Feline Medicine and if you start on page 130, you'll see information about HCM: when to start treatment-based on heart size, symptoms; medicines such as diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, etc. are necessary; that cats with constant onset of congestion or even "any patient found to have early evidence of congestion without symptoms" needs maintenance therapy of diuretics (which I'm always saying); necessity of potassium supplementation, etc. One caution-the book only gives HCM cats, once diagnosed or presenting with health issues, only 732 days to live, that only 33% are alive after five years, that cats with CHF live only 92 days, etc. That part you can ignore.
Our cat Myrna Loy, born March 22, 2009, died of HCM 8/19/15. We will continue the blog and FB page. With five cats, we often have a variety of medical issues. Please share your information. Please check the Archives, Categories, Search, and Tabs for more information.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Feline HCM Book of Medicine Lists Reasons for Drugs and Which to Use for HCM
This is a book about Feline Medicine and if you start on page 130, you'll see information about HCM: when to start treatment-based on heart size, symptoms; medicines such as diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, etc. are necessary; that cats with constant onset of congestion or even "any patient found to have early evidence of congestion without symptoms" needs maintenance therapy of diuretics (which I'm always saying); necessity of potassium supplementation, etc. One caution-the book only gives HCM cats, once diagnosed or presenting with health issues, only 732 days to live, that only 33% are alive after five years, that cats with CHF live only 92 days, etc. That part you can ignore.
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