Hello everyone!
Over the past couple of months I've read a lot here, found so many helpful information and for that I'm so grateful. But if anyone had a case similar to ours, please let me know.
My kitty is 11, spayed female and FIV+. She had through her life weaker immunity and has history of a mild pollen and dust allergy (mostly scratching her skin and eyes, also hot spots years ago), but really mild.
A year ago now, she developed congestion. No sneezing, no discharge, nothing. She was acting normaly, eating. Congestion didn't bother her but was persistent on and off for about three weeks. Our regular vet gave her steroid shot and 7 days on antibiotics and she went symptom free for a 5 months.
Last october, same congestion came again. Gave her steam therapy everyday, bought a humidifier, but nothing helped.
Again, after few weeks off to the vet and steroid shot and antibiotics helped once again.
Unfortunately, congestion came after just a month and stopped but middle of january this year, she started noisy breathing every 5 or 6 days. Sometimes just for 10 minutes, other times couple of hours but end of january it was horrible, she got another steroid shot. I hate how steroids make her feel.
So three days later we went to see more experienced vet in a bigger city and did an xray. Her lungs were really clear but she was given steroid just a few days before. This new vet gave her inhaled steroid and albuterol as needed and diagnosed her with allergy asthma.
Her attacks are still at least twice a week. No congestion, not really much of that noisy breathing, just weird breathing pattern, when she exhales. She never coughs.
I'm using a baby aerosol chamber but maybe ordering Aerokat would be better solution?
I don't have a specialist close, we live in a small european country. So if anyone had similar experience, please let me know.
Do you think that her congestion progressed into asthma?
Also, would you recommend giving Lactoferrin to an FIV+ cat who developed asthma?
Thank you.
Over the past couple of months I've read a lot here, found so many helpful information and for that I'm so grateful. But if anyone had a case similar to ours, please let me know.
My kitty is 11, spayed female and FIV+. She had through her life weaker immunity and has history of a mild pollen and dust allergy (mostly scratching her skin and eyes, also hot spots years ago), but really mild.
A year ago now, she developed congestion. No sneezing, no discharge, nothing. She was acting normaly, eating. Congestion didn't bother her but was persistent on and off for about three weeks. Our regular vet gave her steroid shot and 7 days on antibiotics and she went symptom free for a 5 months.
Last october, same congestion came again. Gave her steam therapy everyday, bought a humidifier, but nothing helped.
Again, after few weeks off to the vet and steroid shot and antibiotics helped once again.
Unfortunately, congestion came after just a month and stopped but middle of january this year, she started noisy breathing every 5 or 6 days. Sometimes just for 10 minutes, other times couple of hours but end of january it was horrible, she got another steroid shot. I hate how steroids make her feel.
So three days later we went to see more experienced vet in a bigger city and did an xray. Her lungs were really clear but she was given steroid just a few days before. This new vet gave her inhaled steroid and albuterol as needed and diagnosed her with allergy asthma.
Her attacks are still at least twice a week. No congestion, not really much of that noisy breathing, just weird breathing pattern, when she exhales. She never coughs.
I'm using a baby aerosol chamber but maybe ordering Aerokat would be better solution?
I don't have a specialist close, we live in a small european country. So if anyone had similar experience, please let me know.
Do you think that her congestion progressed into asthma?
Also, would you recommend giving Lactoferrin to an FIV+ cat who developed asthma?
Thank you.
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