Re: bartonella anyone?
Hey Macarena, I've been searching the internet, and evidently it's relatively new that they've been associating the bartonella with diseases in cats. There's not a lot of information. Mostly what I've read said they've found that treating the bartonella has helped with chronic eye conditions (herpes, uveitis) and with uri's that would not go away with other antibiotics/treatments. My vet said they've found sometimes it causes inflammation of the pancreas and helps diabetic cats to be treated if they're positive. She also said it can cause other chronic infections in the gums or other organs that don't respond to other treatments... That's about all I know except that it IS contagious according to my vet, and more problematic in multiple cat households. It is most often transferred by flea bites, but the vet said not always. I'm still waiting on results. tonyamaca cats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi tonya, curious, just yesterday I was looking into this as well. Kurt,my elder (10 yo), is again suffering from swollen glands, lack ofappetite, and a general bad condition. the blood test showed slightanemia, and hemobartonella, but that does not explain the swollenglands, and I tend to think of bartonella as a possibility. He is takingDoxycicline for hemobart, and his poor stomach suffers, he doesn'tretain much food. He is also taking Stomorgyl (brand name,) anotherantibiotic for anaerobic bugs, for the swelling. he seems better today,after 6 days of treatment and some fluids, but this is the third timethis happens in 5 months, so I am really worried. His teeth are notlooking good, and he has very bad smell in his mouth. I am guessing thisbacteria goes through his system and makes him sick, so I will try adental after he recovers. If you find more info, plase let me know.macarena, chile
Re: bartonella anyone?
hi tonya, curious, just yesterday I was looking into this as well. Kurt, my elder (10 yo), is again suffering from swollen glands, lack of appetite, and a general bad condition. the blood test showed slight anemia, and hemobartonella, but that does not explain the swollen glands, and I tend to think of bartonella as a possibility. He is taking Doxycicline for hemobart, and his poor stomach suffers, he doesn't retain much food. He is also taking Stomorgyl (brand name,) another antibiotic for anaerobic bugs, for the swelling. he seems better today, after 6 days of treatment and some fluids, but this is the third time this happens in 5 months, so I am really worried. His teeth are not looking good, and he has very bad smell in his mouth. I am guessing this bacteria goes through his system and makes him sick, so I will try a dental after he recovers. If you find more info, plase let me know. macarena, chile
bartonella anyone?
This week I also took in my 2 (negative) cats for their blood pressure check. They are both on med.s for high blood pressure. I asked before, but is ANYONE else's vet checking blood pressure now other than mine??? Anyway, one of them, Popeye, one of my oldest cats (maybe 10) has been losing weight, not grooming, etc... And he and Bob had terrible breath and I feared kidney problems. I took them in several months ago for this and they ran bloodwork which was good. Put them on the blood pressure medicine and did a dental. I was told to wait and see if these things seemed to help. I took them back in because Popeye still seems to be losing weight and both of them still have awful breath. They ran bloodwork again and it was fine. Blood pressure was fine. But they both seemed to have inflamed gums even after their recent dental. The vet said she suspected Bartonella. Not Hemobartonella. She said this can cause mouth problems, etc... and that if 2 of my cats have it they probably all do. The tests take about a week to get back so I'm still waiting on results. Vet said it required a run on antibiotics. (zithromax, eurithromycin??? something like that) Meanwhile, I did a search on Bartonella and found out that it is what gives people "Cat Scratch Fever (Disease)". There was not a lot of information. Apparently it's rather new research in how it effects cats? I'm starting to wonder if my vet reads all the new research and then wants to test all my cats for it! blood pressure, now bartonella. She did tell me that the high blood pressure can cause blindness in cats and that Popeye had something ( I don't recall what she called it.) going on with his eyes caused by the blood pressure. Anyone have any experience with this? tonya
