Hi all,
So my 10 year old boy, Nub, has been having some issues. In a nutshell, it seems that he has recurring seasonal allergies. This is the 3rd year he's had similar symptoms around the same time of year. They include: Excessive licking, head shaking, skin rolling/twitching, general agitation, being aggressive towards his sister, licking our exposed brick wall, and this year he has also been vomiting spit once a day with some frequency.
It isn't 100% certain that all of these things are allergy related, and I thought that some of them (the aggression and vomiting) might be secondary symptoms from stress, but this is also just speculation.
The vet ran a comprehensive blood panel and said she isn't worried because the only problems found can result from allergies. However, I had her send the results to me and I compared them against his results from January of this year (when he was also experiencing the allergies), and all of the values that were abnormal in January now seem significantly more abnormal.
I've done some googling but am obviously no expert on blood tests, and I can't afford to pay another vet for a 2nd opinion at the moment, so wondered if anyone had any experience knowing what it all means and whether there is cause for concern?
The results of the most recent test are below, and I will add the results from the one in January 2014 momentarily:
So my 10 year old boy, Nub, has been having some issues. In a nutshell, it seems that he has recurring seasonal allergies. This is the 3rd year he's had similar symptoms around the same time of year. They include: Excessive licking, head shaking, skin rolling/twitching, general agitation, being aggressive towards his sister, licking our exposed brick wall, and this year he has also been vomiting spit once a day with some frequency.
It isn't 100% certain that all of these things are allergy related, and I thought that some of them (the aggression and vomiting) might be secondary symptoms from stress, but this is also just speculation.
The vet ran a comprehensive blood panel and said she isn't worried because the only problems found can result from allergies. However, I had her send the results to me and I compared them against his results from January of this year (when he was also experiencing the allergies), and all of the values that were abnormal in January now seem significantly more abnormal.
I've done some googling but am obviously no expert on blood tests, and I can't afford to pay another vet for a 2nd opinion at the moment, so wondered if anyone had any experience knowing what it all means and whether there is cause for concern?
The results of the most recent test are below, and I will add the results from the one in January 2014 momentarily:
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