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Mystery Canine Illness Spreading to People?
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Mystery Canine Illness Spreading to People?
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Source:DVM360
A recent article in DVM 360 is potential cause for concern. This is about the yet diagnosed mystery canine illness primarily causing severe gastrointestinal illness ( ie bloody diarrhea, dehydration, vomiting)
In it, veterinarian Dr. Lindsay Ruland's clients, staff--even her children--experience symptoms she says seem related to canine condition reported in Ohio and Michigan.
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12 cases in a weekend
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A recent weekend at the Emergency Veterinary Hospital of Ann Arbor, Mich., owned by Lindsay Ruland, DVM, saw a dozen patients with signs of the mystery canine illness reported in Ohio and Michigan. “Some had milder forms and were treated on an outpatient basis if they lived within 10 minutes of our hospital; others were so critical they came in unresponsive and were immediately admitted”
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People getting sick
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As cases continued to come in, Ruland says she began to notice another component of the illness. “Owners started saying that they had been sick,” she says. Clients would joke they had the same symptoms as their pet.
“The owners were getting sick themselves; my staff was getting more sick the more they handled the cases as well,” she says. Then Ruland herself got sick.
She says the illness in people starts with the sudden onset of severe abdominal pain, high in the abdomen. It progresses to lethargy, vomiting and bloating. After a couple days of GI symptoms, it turns respiratory with shortness of breath and coughing. “It definitely seems flulike,” Ruland says. She and her team have also noted postviral neurological issues.
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How Concerned should you be?
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Fortunately this is all still confined locally, but seeing it potentially spread to people makes it an entirely different disease.
Currently there are a number of veterinary schools directing serious research into the cause- as more information is released, I'll let you know.
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