Section: Follow-Up
Optimal treatment for your pet involves a combination of home and professional veterinary care. Follow-up can be critical, especially if your pet does not rapidly improve.
Administer all prescribed medications as directed. Alert your veterinarian if you are having problems treating your pet, or if adverse side effects are noted.
Frequent monitoring of complete blood counts is important for patients treated with colchicine. Initial evaluation should be carried out every two weeks.
Patients in kidney failure also require careful and frequent monitoring of weight, kidney values, blood pressure, blood protein levels, and red blood cell counts.
Unfortunately this is not a curable disease, and close contact with your veterinarian will be necessary to optimize treatment and keep your pet as comfortable as possible.
Ultimately most patients with recognized shar-pei fever die of kidney failure within several years.
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