At 07:32 PM 1/30/2007, you wrote:
guess i gave too simple of an answer, the body reacts to a variety of
assaults, Inflammation is one method as is fever..it is an immune
response to anything from pollen, insect bites, bacteria
etc,,,Steroids suppress the immune system, It is a complicated chain
of events, regardless, when the immune system is suppressed it cannot
respond in the normal manner of swelling/ inflammation. fever/
pruritis..etc,,,To some degree that is what you are doing when you
take mortrin or Aspirin, In life threatening circumstances the
danger of the immune response, be it a bad case of hives, or
dangerous swelling that can impede breathing is far more dangerous
that the underlying cause so saving the patient is far more
important, the under tying cause if often never discovered,
the risk of long term side effects is minuscule compared to the
immediate risks. Asthmatics regularly take steroids, and after many
years MAY develop side effects such as diabetes or weight gain, But
without the steroids dying from an asthmatic attack is the
real danger. People with Chrones disease owe their life to steroids
as do pregnant women in pre term labor, Women are given betamethasone
during the end of their pregnancy to help the fetus's lungs mature
so if they are born early they can survive, Decadron ( a steroid)
saved my son during a severe case of MONO as his throat was swelling
so bad he could not breathe,
I think people are too afraid of steroids, In a kitten or puppy you
want to reduce the length of time on steroids as they are very young,
but they are life saving. They work in auto immune diseases like a
miracle, My cat with pemphigus and dog with auto immune hemolytic
anemia owed their life to steroids,
Kelly
Respectfully, I am not convinced that all fever is caused by
inflammation. Some of the worst fevers I've had were while on major
doses of corticosteroids.
elizabeth
On 1/30/07, Kelly L <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 07:11 PM 1/30/2007, you wrote:
Steroids are anti inflammatories, the fever is called by
inflammation ,,hence the steroids reduce fevers, swelling and inflammation.
Kelly
Michelle,
I am so sorry for all you and Lucy are going through. I've been
keeping up with the discussion but haven't responded since I don't
feel I have anything to add.
What I don't understand is how steroids would make her less likely
to have fever. Corticosteroids make the body less able to fight
off infection...and I know that in people they don't do anything to
lower fever - I just wondered how that works...? I have a lot of
experience with those drugs, unfortunately, since I have
asthma...and an unfortunately also very familiar with their
side-effects. I worry about so much steroid overtime because
although cats can tolerate far more than dogs...there is still a
point where they cannot help but begin to acquire the
side-effects. I'm not advising -- just generally wanting to understand.
My thoughts, prayers, and love are with you both,
elizabeth
On 1/30/07, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Actually, she now feels hot, not warm. I have two ice packs against
her and she actually climbed on top of a third on her own. If it is
not down in 15 minutes I will give her fluids.
What I don't understand is why she got another high fever all of a
sudden, after so long. She got more steroids today than she
probably has ever gotten, so she should be less-- much less- prone
to getting a fever today. Does this mean the fip is getting worse?
Could it somehow be because her fluid got drained today? she is
still on a mega-dose (toxo dosing) of clindamycin, so it should not
be that she got an infection of any kind from that.
depressed and concerned,
Michelle
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