tumors in lymph notes elevation of the trachea
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| when I worked with an internal medicine specialist at my last day practice we saw a lot of cancer. Yes lymph nodes can indicate cancer and especially if they arent responsive to antibiotics. The prednisone could help decrease their size but they wont go away. If they arent decreasing in size the next step will probably be an ultrasound of your pets abdomen to see if other internal lmph nodes are affected as well and to see if there are any masses in there. If that reveals nothing then an endoscopy of the upper and lower GI tract may be needed and from there they may be able to determine if it is cancer and what type. If it is lymphoma, the most common kind, then you knwo what it is at least. there are many treatment protocols for cancer theses days and most dogs respond to them very well and can live for years afterwards. I highly recommend looking into diagnostics. Treatment will be frequent, at least once a week for several weeks and then it tapers down depending on your pets responce to the protocol. If you opt not to treat and just want to keep him comfortable, there are other medications that may work better than prednosole. I recommoned at least having a consult and ultrasound with an internist. your regular vet can refer you to one in your area. good luck and I hope this helps a little |
| Loretta...Welcome to the forum...I am so sorry about your Alex, but I am sure the forum will be able to give you support and advice.
Please keep us posted on his progress....and my thoughts and prayers are with you.... |
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