Please abet me! my cat is unbelievably old-fashioned and i dont know what is wrong?
so my cat is very old and has already be diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, however she has been doing resourcefully on her medication.
she used to be very skinny and has put on some weight, she sometimes breathes funny- approaching shes congested or something
but now she has started to fall over, approaching she will just be walking and she will fall over...it is very down in the dumps and i love her.
she is about 13 human years old...does anyone know what this is? please tell me ANYTHING!! i enjoy been to the vets and she tells me to lately record everytime i see my cat fall down.
please help!!
number 1...anything that would be wrong with a 100 yr old human could be happening to her
#2 you stipulation a new vet
#3 if she can get up it may basically be arthritis or something, but you know she hurts, if she can't get up after she falls i'm concerned she's having strokes, i would walk to an afterhours or emergency vet then
Sorry your cat is having a falling problem, like humans, as they age they can and do start stumbling and falling, it's piece of the aging process, but your cat isn't "that" old, it could be a neurological problem, you mentioned her breathing, does she have a cold? or perhaps allergies, these could throw her harmonize off, they both would effect the balance center,I know how disturbing this can be, give her lots of love and follow up beside your vet, she will need periodic blood work to check the thyroid level within her blood stream Mercee.
Answers: She might enjoy a vestibular problem (inner ear, balance). A vestibular problem could be a result of ear mites, an outer and/or inner ear infection, or something more insidious such as a brain lesion or brain or eye tumor. Or, it could be idiopathic, which means nobody knows what causes it.
My cat Winston have a vestibular problem, and it comes on with no warning. If it is idiopathic, there really isn't anything you can do apart from make sure your cat eats and drinks, and it will take better on its own. However, some cats, like Winston (almost 17), never fully recover (although he has adapted enormously well). It took a week before I noticed a slight improvement, and a month since there was significant promotion. The older the cat, the longer it will take to heal, and may never be 100%. (like Winston).
The congestion, however, concerns me for a moment, as this might be a sign of an upper respiratory infection, which can be serious and lethal. A kitty cold could also send your cat out of balance (causing a pseudo-vestibular problem).
My suggestion is see a NEW vet. Any vet that tells you to just record every time she falls down desires to have her license revoked.
If it is a tumor or cancer, the cat will get progressively worse.
ADDED: Strokes in cats are hugely, very, very, very infrequent. Did I mention they are rare? Unfortunately way too many cats hold been put down by owners(and vets) who think their kitty has have a stroke when it was simply an idiopathic vestibular problem.
Did she do this before you started to give this hot medication? The effect of thyroid hormones on the heart is to stimulate a faster heart rate (more rapid beating of the heart) and a stronger contraction of the heart muscle. Over time, with hyperthyroidism the muscle of the largest chamber within the heart (the left ventricle) enlarges and thickens – so call ‘left ventricular hypertrophy'. If left untreated and unmanaged, these changes will eventually compromise the normal function of the heart and can even result surrounded by heart failure. This means that in some cats next to hyperthyroidism, additional treatment may be required to control secondary heart disease. However, once the underlying hyperthyroidism has be controlled, the cardiac changes will often improve, or may even resolve completely.
She wishes to be seen by the vet again. Make sure the you tell the vet what you told us. Sounds close to she now has a heart problem. Left untreated she could die.
