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Section: Follow-up
Optimal treatment for your dog requires a definitive diagnosis and a combination of home and professional veterinary care. Follow-up is crucial and may include the following:
Hypoadrenocorticism, also called Addison’s disease, is an endocrine disorder that results from a deficient production of corticosteroids, which are crucial hormones secreted by the adrenal glands, two...
Lymphosarcoma (lymphoma) is a malignant cancer that involves the lymphoid system of dogs. In a healthy dog, the lymphoid system is an important part of the body’s immune system defense against infectious...
The kidneys filter blood, remove the waste products of metabolism, and eliminate them in the urine. Acute kidney failure (acute renal failure or ARF) is characterized by an abrupt decline in kidney function...
The digestion of food produces waste products, which are carried by blood to the kidneys to be filtered and excreted in the form of urine. When the kidneys fail, they are no longer able to remove these...
The kidneys consist of many thousand microscopic filtering units called glomeruli that filter water and small substances from the bloodstream. Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of these microscopic filtering...
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