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First sign of heart Failure:
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Tachypnea; increased respiratory rate
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Orthopnea:
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Trouble breating while lying down better when standing
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Feline Idiopathic cystitis:
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Most common cause of inappropriate urination in cats
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Etiology:
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Study of the causation or origin of a disease
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Myasthenia Gravis:
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Immune mediated WBCs attack muscles = muscles weakness & megaesophagus
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:
Dilated cardiomyopahy: |
Hypertrophic most common in cats
Dilated most common in dogs |
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Most common endocrine diseases in dogs:
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Hypothyroidism
Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease) Hyperadrenocorticism (Cushing's disease) Diabetes Type 1 |
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;Most common endocrine diseases on cats
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Hyperthyroidism
Diabetes Type 2 |
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Technical intervention for pain?
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Administer a doctor-prescribed analgesic
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Couppage:
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Using cupped hands to to strike the chest and loosen mocous
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At what age can you treat for heartworm? Test for heart worm?
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Treat at 8 weeks
Test at 6 months |
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Regurgitation:
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Passively bringing up food from stomach
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Vomiting:
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Requires muscle contractions to bring up food from the stomach
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Tenesmus:
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Straining during defecation
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Azotemia:
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Accumulation of BUN (Blood Urea Nitrogen) in the blood due to kidney disease
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