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Dog with heart murmur
Ok, for anyone who had a dog, or other pet with a heart murmur, or anyone who studied vetrinarian medicine, i have a question. My dog was diagnosed with a heart murmur, a two on a scale of 1-6, but now, he's just over 1 yr old, it's gone up to a 4, and the vets say he probaly wont live long. Does anyone know anything about heart murmurs, or what could've cause his murmur to become worse, or how to make it go back down? i appreciate any help, and will rate. Thanks.
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Ok so here is the problem: Heart murmurs can either be triggered by an animal getting injured, or an animal is born with them. Right now there really isn't anything to make it go down, and it went up because of lack of treatment, or, if he was treated a lot, it just was one of those things that couldn't be cured and would get worse over time. The vets are probably right, so just try to love your dog as much as you can. sorry ='(
♥ Christy
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Well, I'm no vet, but I have watched animal planet before.
The doctors are right. Sorry, but your dog probably won't live very long:(
It's most likely he was born with it, but it's just starting to really get bad.When dogs have a heart murmur, their heart gets weaker and weaker.
Time caused his heart to become worse. His may be the irreversible kind, if i remember right.
So, there is really no guaranteed way to make it stop or go back to normal. Sorry to have to tell you this.:(
I hope he, somehow, gets better. Hope I helped at all.
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My dog had a stage 6 heart murmur, she did die from it but that is because she was very sick, plus it was triggered because she was hit by a car (that is how we found out she had a heart murmur) Anyway, the doctor said she would have lived a few more years with it (she was two). Heart murmurs are birth defects so there is really nothing to do about them. But another dog I had, had a heart murmur and she lived to about twelve, though her age also caused a heart murmur. Pure bred dogs normally have more risks, heart murmurs are one of them, both of my dogs were purebreds. But the doctor can't truly know when the dog will die, no one does. He can live two to twelve years in my experience. Just love him. Hope I helped.
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Exercise your dog. If it was a person they would probably look at possibly thinning the blood. Maybe a pacemaker. There are other drugs as well. Some people if it's bad enough take morphine. I have a heart murmur. I can tell you that in humans stress makes it worse and exercise makes it better. So...take your dog for runs. Not just walks but runs. Get his heart pumping at a good rate for 15 mins or longer, do it every day. It'll do you some good to. Also try to cut his stress level down. I am not sure what kind of stress dogs have but if there is a child around that pulls his fur or a neighborhood dog or cat that taunts him, etc. those are the elements you should try to minimize. Don't make him wait to long to go to the bathroom, and definately don't yell at him or hit him.
It's so sad to see a pet suffer but I don't think anyone will prescribe you medicine or insert a pacemaker for a heart murmur in a dog...but you never know. You'd have to talk to a vet and see what if any medical assistance is available. Talk to a young vet that does surgeries and works in an animal hospital, he'll probably be more up on the latest stuff available. Hope this is helpful. That's my advice.
John
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go to the veterinary cardiologist to get some test done tests.
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well my dog had a heart murmor when he was a baby but the vet said it would probobly go away when it was one, and it did, but they said if it didn't go away they said he would live like 8 years or something like that and then he would just have a heart attack and die..but im not sure what number it was....sorry i wasn't much help!
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