DOI/PMID/ISBN: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.036
Orange and white cat, pretty muscle bound strong pushy but friendly cat. Has had multiple episodes in the past month or two where he can't walk, cries out presumably in pain, pants, and on several occasions poops himself and lays in it. He eventually goes back to normal but this lasts several hours. No twitching or jerking.
On 12/13 my 7 year old female cat was having difficulty moving (looked to be her back right leg) and was in pain (seemed to be specifically when she getting up or laying down). I thought she may have hurt her leg or had a bad UTI.
We were able to find a vet open on a Sunday, they did xray (looked good) and said the issue seemed to be with her hip - they figured she fell/strained it and gave anti inflammatory (a shot and pill for 3 days).
Her condition did not above. She spent most of last night wandering the house, trying to find a comfortable spot (she usually stays in one part of the house; does not like the other animals). She also was visiting the litter box a lot without going.
We took her back to the vet today. They took some more x-rays - orthopedical looks good and do not appear to be any blockages. They said her heart does appear to be enlarged - they are trying to schedule a cardiogram for Wednesday. Getting blookwork done. They said one of her back legs feels cold so they are leaning towards stroke - saddle thrombus.
They gave her some Buprenex until testing is complete.
Can anyone give me more intricate details about saddle thrombus? Have done a little Google reading already - made it seem like issues should be even worse?
Why is it that intracardial thrombosis mostly happens in the left atrium and left ventricle?It doesnt make sense considering the pressure is higher and blood flow is faster than the right atrium and ventricle.
Thanks
I finished school last month and recently started working in adult Echo. I’ve spotted a handful of echogenic masses in the IVC, LA near pulm veins and below the posterior leaflet, Basal part of LV, and today I found one in the PA near the RPA. How can you tell what something is?
Hi everyone :)
I'm 21 years old, and until I was 19 I was as healthy as you can get: I exercised, ate tons of veggies and never had a health problem worse than a cold. Until, one day, everything changed.
It was February and I was studying for my exams when I started having this weird pain in my lower back. I thought it might be stress but I scheduled an appointment with the doctor on the following week. Three days before the appointment I realized my legs felt really tired when I was walking up the street. On the day before, I had to call my dad to come get me because I could not properly walk, as my legs felt super tensed and heavy. So I went to the emergency and they did an abdominal CT. "Your spine has a very slight deviation", they said, "it must be affecting your nerves and causing that pain". I went to the doctor's appointment the morning after, and they said the same thing, so I went home with a lot of painkillers and the promise that in 3 days I would be fine again. Which was amazing, since I had a trip planned to Athens with my boyfriend the following week. I did everything they told me but the pain only got worse... I could barely walk to the toilet and the pain in my back was getting worse. On the third night, the pain on my legs and back was so bad that I couldn't sleep, so the next morning my mom took me to the emergency again. And guess what? I had a thrombosis... and a HUGE one. It goes all the way from my inferior vena cava to the middle of both my thighs (double deep and superficial vein thrombosis).
I had to stay in the hospital for 2 weeks, without leaving my bed. But you know what? I got tons of visits from my family, my amazing boyfriend and my friends, so I never felt alone. And of course I felt a bit lost sometimes: I cried on my first day at the hospital because I didn't understand how that could be happening to me, and on my first day back at home because I thought I might be stuck on a wheelchair for life. But the rest of the time I tried to always stay positive and happy :) Most of my nights were spent in pain, but then I would look out the hospital window and see the sunrise and I would just smile and think that everything would be alright. And it did... two weeks in the hospital plus one month going to university in a wheelchair, and after that I was able to start walking again. Slowly at first, but I eventually got stronger and more confident.
Today, one and a half years later, I live a completely normal and happy life.
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New medical student here, just dead curious, pls send knowledge
My perfect, happy, loving, brave and adventurous kitty died suddenly last night after developing “saddle thrombus”, a blood clot dislodged from his heart.
The vet told us there was no way to predict or prevent it.
We are in shock.
He was purring next to me in bed yesterday morning. And dead by the evening.
Yet another beloved fur child joins the graveyard of my memory. I can’t take it.
