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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2004feline irritable bowel syndrome
anyone know of treatments? > anyone know of treatments? Irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease? They're two different things and, to my knowledge, the first occurs only in humans. > > anyone know of treatments? > > Irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease? They're two > different things and, to my knowledge, the first occurs only in humans. IBS - a/k/a stress colitis - occurs in both cats and dogs. The difference between IBS and IBD is that IBS is a *non-inflammatory* dysfunction of the colon that's usually associated with stress or stressful events. >> > anyone know of treatments? >> >> Irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease? They're two >> different things and, to my knowledge, the first occurs only in humans. > > IBS - a/k/a stress colitis - occurs in both cats and dogs. Cheers, thanks. I didn't know that. I think you mean inflammatory bowel disease. If this is the case, steroids (Prednisone) and diet are often used to treat the condition. Gail > anyone know of treatments? yes, my mistake, it is IBD..what is the long term prognosis for this, if treated properly? bob >I think you mean inflammatory bowel disease. If this is the case, steroids >(Prednisone) and diet are often used to treat the condition. > Gail >> anyone know of treatments? > yes, my mistake, it is IBD..what is the long term prognosis for > this, if treated properly? > > bob >>> anyone know of treatments? You might want to join the IBD group on Yahoo. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/felineIBD Read some of the files in the file section, some recipes, etc. They are mostly proponents of raw feeding, and while I never did that with my IBD cat, they have great results. My Shadow had IBD, diagnosed with a biopsy. He had a lot of other problems, and might have lived longer if he wasn't also FeLV+. IBD is an awful awful disease, but there is a lot of hope out there. Read, keep a good relationship with your vet (feline internal medicine specialist if you don't already have one) and network with others who have kitties with the same problem. My best to you and your kitty.  SignatureCheryl Our vet suspected this with our cat, but he also had diabetes and pancreatitus and was not in good enough shape to have the biopsy to confirm. As I understand it, you try to control it with diet. I think cats with food allergies are more susceptible to IBD. We fed Bob IVD, and allergy cat food and it helped his particular situation. I get nervous about the steroid issue and would not do that to any of our current cats unless there was no other choice. That's what triggered Bob's diabetes. :( Rhonda > anyone know of treatments? > I get nervous about the steroid issue and would not do that to > any of our current cats unless there was no other choice. That's > what triggered Bob's diabetes. :( I get nervous about the use of steroids, too. But if it eases anyone's mind, my Shadow, who was on daily steroids up until probably his last 6 months of life was overweight but never got diabetes after over 2 full years of use. The last 6 months or so, I tried to cut him back to every other day. Several of his vets had said that steroids *might* unmask diabetes in those predisposed. If that were the case, other things could bring it to the surface. There are other worries with steroids, but cats are not usually adversly affected by steroid use. SignatureCheryl My cat, Shadow, was on Prednisone for 10 years. She died last year at age 17 from cancer. She had IBD since age 7 years. We tried cutting her back but to no avail. She thrived for 10 years on the Prednisone. Gail >> I get nervous about the steroid issue and would not do that to >> any of our current cats unless there was no other choice. That's [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > with steroids, but cats are not usually adversly affected by steroid > use. >anyone know of treatments? Others will tell you about probiotics, raw diet... I just know that I made my cat food. I made him a baked chicken mixed 50/50 with organic wild rice. I cut up the chicken in little bite size pieces, skin included, no bones. I'd freeze it in service size packages. He also ate Katz'n'Flodder (sp?) which was fine for him. If he ate a bite of anything else, he'd have bloody, mucousy, chocolate pudding diarrhea for three days. > >anyone know of treatments? > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > for him. If he ate a bite of anything else, he'd have bloody, mucousy, > chocolate pudding diarrhea for three days. my cat didn't have much diarrhea problem, but a vomiting problem..after an endoscope, an operation, and 4 days at the vet of blood exams, they say it's IBD and are in the process of prescribing what to do for treatment..prednisone (sp?) and diet are being discussed..an IAMS food and science diet I/D are being discussed.. bob My cat lived for 10 years with it and died of a sarcoma at age 17 (not related to the IBD). Gail >> >anyone know of treatments? >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > bob |
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