Hypo dog

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Dear all

I have been helping a neighbour who's dog is suffering from hypothyroidism, he

was diagnosed in September last year.

He had a cyst on his prostrate, and when they operated

they told her to have him castrated at the same time and after the op his fur

started to fall out alot and he did not want to exercise. He put on weight, he

was cold and his skin on his belly, groin and in the folds of his joints was a

dark colour the vets put the blame down to him being castrated but she looked

his symptoms on the net and asked the vet to test him and low and behold when

they tested for hypo he was.

Magda has been having a few problems with the vet as well about his treatment.

Just a week ago when his blood was tested the vet said his heart was still

beating a bit slow and his cholesterol was high so she told them to increase his

meds although the vets pointed out that to much thyroxine was dangerous Magda

looked this up and found out that too much thyroxine in dogs doesn't affect them

the same way it does in humans so the vet rang another vet in France and he

clarified this was true is this CORRECT INFORMATION

Golden [the dogs name] is so overweight at the moment poor thing, he has lost 1

and a half kilos but Magda was giving Golden his tablets [T4] 1 in the morning

and then 1 about 3 o'clock in the afternoon but i read they should be given 12

hours apart i hope I'm right.

Apparently dogs when they are suffering from hypo, its more is less the same has

hashimotos that us humans get.

Magda and Golden are from Poland and been living here for a few years i think,

Magda did say that when she was younger that she had to have iodine medication

as well as other youngsters because of the Chernobyl disaster Magda herself has

has endrometreosis and is undergoing treatment at middlesex hospital they have

stopped her periods for a year to stop the endrometreosis from growing with

prednosone.

Golden wasn't showing any signs according to Magda before the op,vaccinations

could play a big apart in all this as well as commerical dog food,though some

vets that say that animals should have their boosters done every year and some

say they don't.

Anyone with any ideas that could help them would be gratefully received in how

best to treat the dog either w

Regards

ith NT and supplements and a vet with a lot of knowledge in hypothyroidism i

have been to a support group on pets with thyroid disease but not much

info.

Thank you

Janet