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Medical Information regarding Wheezer's condition |
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When I spoke with the doctors at both Edgebrook Animal Hospital and Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, the doctors explained to me the procedure that would be neccesary to save Wheezer from evenutal suffocation due to the continuing collapse of the muscles in his trachea effected by the crushed cartilage rings. Due to his problems breathing, risking putting him under anesthesia twice would be doubling the risk of problems while unconcious, so the doctor's would do an exploritory surgery and perform the life-saving operation at the same time. Small plastic rings will be inserted into his trachea, supporting the muscluar walls and giving him more airway. This should slow if not stop the collapse, and give him the ablilty to breath clearly for the first time in years.
Right now, Wheezer has fluid building up around the narrowing in his trachea- I am doing my best to keep him comfortable, but the fluid build-up is inevitable, because the airway is so small where the damage is, that normal amounts of moisture that would flow naturally in a healthy trachea get caught in the narrow area. |
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Intrathoracic Tracheal Avulsion in Cats:
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"Tracheal avulsion in cats is considered a result of a blunt traumatic incident to the neck or thorax or both which probably includes a hyperextension injury of the head and neck. This stretches the trachea and ruptures it inthrathoracically at a position 1 to 4 cm cranial to its bifurcation. After the avulsion injury, the airway lumen is thought to be maintianed by either intact tracheal adventitia or by thinkening of mediastinal tissue leading to the development of a pseudotrachea or pseudoairway. Ruptur and avulsion of the trachea results in stenosis of the lumen at both ends of the injury. This could account for the delay in clinical signs associated with airway obstruction observed i some individuals. Definitive theapy consists of resection of the stenosed ends of the injured thrachea and subsequesnt repair by anastomisis......" |
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Tracheal Collapse in Cats
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Tracheal collapse is rare in cats.
Cough caused by tracheal irritation of tracheal collapse often occurs when the pet is excited, tugging at its collar or may be stimulated by drinking water. Some coughs sound moist, indicating the accumulation of fluid (water, blood or pus) in the airways or lungs. The cough is often decribed as sounding like a goose honking
Treatment of tracheal collosed includes the use of cough suppressants and sedatives. Surgery can be performed, but is risky and not always effective |
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