My cat just got diagnosed with feline infectious anemia is this disease treatable or is it normally fatal?

Huslia

My cat just got diagnosed with it also. It is when microscopic parasites enter your cats body (from fleas, ticks, other cats) and attach themselves to the red blood cells. The cat's body (when it figures this out) attacks the red blood cells making the cat anemic. The vet should have given you antibiotics for your cat to try and kill enough parasites that your cat's body stops destroying it's own red blood cells. If your cat survives he/she will be a carrier of the parasite and whenever your cat gets stressed it can get anemic again and need treatment again. From what I've read the cat will always have it and has to be watched or given periodic blood tests to see if it has come back (if the parasite is not under control).



Clermont

I believe it's treatable if caught early enough. http://www. peteducation. com/article. cfm?…Best of luck.



Danville

its treatable if it was caught in time...its an infection that causes the the cat to be aneimic or low red blood cell count..the vet should of told u how to treat it



Stockton

...well the name sounds bad...ask your local vet :D



Hampshire

I don't know! Why didn't you ask the vet?

What is wagleri fowleri? infectious disease?

Dalton

I am in human bio at school in 10th grade and i am doing a project on an infectious disease and got assigned to wagleri fowleri...is that a real disease? i cant find information on it please give me as much information as possible thanksss <3



Richboro

i searched about this DISEASE in all of my medical books i couldn't find it,,,, sorry :(Are you sure about the name???

My dad has this infectious disease called msra?

Colon

my dad had surgery on his back, well, it became so infected that he has MSRA now and hes dying from it....... a nurse has to come over everyday for 3 hours to change his IV and to change his bandages. me or my brother cant hug, touch, or even go within 5 feet without having a major scrub down in the shower when we r done. im scared though that me or my brother might get it. its especially contaguos to children and young adults. what r some signs and symptoms of MSRA? how do u get it exactly? how many people of others live after MSRA? (example: 1 out of 4 people)



Sonoma

If you don't have any open wounds, grazes etc. you will be fine. I am very sorry to hear about your Dad. He may yet recover so I will keep hoping for you. You don't mention your Mum, is there any other adult in the family who can help you through this time? Speak to the nurse about it as she can help to reasure you. Please don't give up hope, they have learnt a lot more about MRSA in recent years. God bless.



Erhard

this is a staph infection. Don't touch any of his "wounds" if you can see them, wash your hands frequently, or use an alcohol based hand sanitizer. You should be OK, as long as you don't touch him or anything that he has used like a towel, or razor.



Walstonburg

You can help avoid it by using hand antiseptic, there's one called something like 'matron' which has alcohol in it. I think you can only get MRSA through open cuts, so if you have any cover them up but otherwise you should but be careful anyway.



Lower Grand Lagoon

MRSA is a staph infection. It's a bacteria that is super resistant to treatment with antibiotics."MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal. Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia. Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites. These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs."

Is all infectious disease communicable? 10 points?

Monticello

This is a simple True or False question, but I'd appreciate an explanation. It just seems too simple and obvious, so I'm looking for the exception to the rule. 10 points to the correct answer!



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