what did you do for the adrenal insufficiency?

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From: "wench57" <[email protected]> 
To: <[email protected]> 
Sent: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 03:08:11 -0400 
Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinence in Dogs

> Yes it is. If a hysterectomy is done before menopausethe female hormones have 
> to be replaced. Estrogen, progesterone and testosteronelevels will need to be 
> replaced. After menopause adrenal glands, if theyare healthy will take over 
> making the reduced hormone levels that the bodyneeds at that time. That is 
> how I almost died the first time as my adrenalsweren't healthy and it wasn't 
> discovered until then that I had adrenalinsufficiency. Anyway won't bore you 
> with more :)
> Nancy
>  
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From:Jane MacRoss 
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 2:47AM
> Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinence inDogs
> 
> Is this the same for humans too?
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From:wench57 
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:13AM
> Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinence inDogs
> 
> Pat thank you for this! I belong to another groupand I tried to tell them 
> this but only one person agreed and wanted to listen, the rest, well the 
> disagreed very strongly. I went through this withmy girls and I must confess 
> after my hysterectomy I needed hormonalreplacement because of my adrenal 
> insufficiency. One of my males hadCushing's disease in the early stages and 
> after he was neutered it went fullblown because his adrenal glands weren't 
> healthy enough to producetestosterone. 
> Nancy and the Dogtown Gang :)
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From:Pat 
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19PM
> Subject: Re: CS>Spay Incontinencein Dogs
> 
>

> 
> 
> Spay Incontinence 
> 
> After a female dog is spayed, theirlevel of the female hormone, estrogen, is 
> significantly lower. Estrogenplays a part in constricting the sphincter 
> muscles dogs use to urinate.The lack of estrogen means a lack of that tone 
> needed to control her sphincter. The adrenal glands also produce estrogen, 
> albeit in small amounts. This is usually enough to keep the sphincter muscles 
> workingproperly, but in about 20% of cases, this isn't so. Male dogs also 
> sufferthis (with the lack of testosterone) however it's not generally as much 
> ofa problem as it is with female dogs.

> Readmore: SpayIncontinence in Dogs - VetInfo 
> 
> 
>

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> Sent: Sunday, August 19,2012 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re:CS>Spay Incontinence in Dogs
> 
> Incontinence in anywarm blooded mammal, human or otherwise, is
> usually attributed to kidney functions being blocked or damaged in
> someway.
> 
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> affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too 
> damncomplicated.”
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