Re: [pyrnet] Re: Ill Pyr

["Ward Family" <ids-ddw@mindspring.com>]

I must have missed the original message regarding the ill Pyr but you can
get more information on Addison's and Cushings on the Pets with Diabetes
website.  Addison's, Cushings, and Diabetes are related diseases as they all
deal with auto-immunity.  My Pyr is diabetic and so we subscribe to the
diabetes list.

The address for the website is:  www.petdiabetes.org

Hope this helps.

Christine and Valjean
-----Original Message-----
From: WOOF1@att.net <WOOF1@att.net>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: [pyrnet] Re: Ill Pyr


>Carol,
>
>What little I've learned about Addison's comes from the
>fact that my 11 year old cocker, Flash, has
>the "opposite" condition, Cushing's Disease.  His is
>from an over-activity of part of the adrenal gland, and
>Addison's is from an under-activity.  I know that
>Addison's is considered much easier to treat, as it is
>easier to supplement the body for the lack of the
>hormone produced than it is to treat Cushings, which
>involves suppressing the production.  In most cases,
>they use drugs to "kill off" the adrenal gland, thereby
>inducing Addison's disease instead, because it is easier
>to treat.  But there is also something called
>an "Addisonian Crisis," where they sort of have a mini-
>crash, a cascade of symptoms, that must be treated
>urgently.  That would be in a very advanced case.
>
>So, now you know all I know! :-)  And probably more,
>from all the help you'll get from all the online gang!
>
>Lori Whitwam
>WOOF1@att.net
>
>Gulliver, the Pyr/golden wonder boy
>the goldens: Ripley, Sprocket and Seko
>the cockers: Flash, Porsche and Cricket
>
>--
>Ripley's Retrieve-It-Or-Not
>http://www.geocities.com/~goldendog
>North Star Humane Society
>http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/MN04.html
>or http://www.northstarhumanesociety.org
>Dad's Memorial Page
>http://www.geocities.com/~goldendog/JWC.htm
>Retrieve A Golden of Minnesota http://www.ragom.org
>
>
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