How much does it cost to treat feline asthma?
Ive watched youtube videos and it seems to match what my cat is doing. My cat has been having symptoms for 3 weeks now.
I am going to bring him to the vet just wondering what tests they will have to do, and how much is costs to treat the asthma.
They generally will do two things: one is to test for heartworm (as that can cause a cough that is just like the one that asthma causes) and two is to do an xray of the heart and lungs. That will help them diagnose asthma. If it is asthma, they generally prescribe an oral steroid that will reduce the inflammation and that helps with the cough. The steroids are cheap, actually. Sometimes a bronchiodilator drug is prescribed as well, depending on the severity of the asthma. In most cases it’s a fairly easy to manage condition.
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:05 am
I’ve never heard of Cat asthma. One cat I had was always sneezing, but that was something else.
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July 28th, 2010 at 12:23 am
They generally will do two things: one is to test for heartworm (as that can cause a cough that is just like the one that asthma causes) and two is to do an xray of the heart and lungs. That will help them diagnose asthma. If it is asthma, they generally prescribe an oral steroid that will reduce the inflammation and that helps with the cough. The steroids are cheap, actually. Sometimes a bronchiodilator drug is prescribed as well, depending on the severity of the asthma. In most cases it’s a fairly easy to manage condition.
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Many years of cat rescue (and owning a cat with asthma)