- Joined
- Jan 8, 2014
- Messages
- 9
- Purraise
- 3
Hi,
this is my first post here. I've been reading this forum since our cat started having liver issues and found lots of very helpful information. I hope you can help us. Our cat is 10 years old (brown tabby). Up until last year, we were feeding her Science Diet dry food and had no issues. Last year's blood test was normal. Then I tried to switch her to mature cat diet, and it didn't go well. I probably tried 4-5 different brands of dry food and we finally settled on Royal Canine for mature cats. We also give her I Love My Cat wet food from Costco. But since then, she's been very finicky with food. More recently, she started throwing up often, sometimes daily. She has lost a lot of weight as well.
We took her to a vet and the blood tests showed elevated liver enzymes. ALT was at 374. Based on her lab results and ultrasound, the vet diagnosed her with inflammatory cholangiohepatitis with bilary hyperplasia.
The vet recommended denamarin (one 90mg tablet daily for 30 days), prednisolone (1/2 ml twice daily) and ursodiol (1/4ml daily). We have been giving her these meds for 3 weeks now. Since she wouldn't eat dry food at all, we've been feeding her boiled chicken and canned food. Her appetite is back and she doesn't throw up anymore. Her weight is increasing and she has gained close to a pound since we started the meds. We were very encouraged because she was acting absolutely normal. We took her for a blood test yesterday, and the resutls were unexpected. Her ALT level increased to 1172! It was at 374 3 weeks ago. The vet was surprised as well but recommended continuing with her meds and come back in 3 weeks for another blood test. The cat has been having upset stomach since we began the meds. We were told that it's a common side effect.
What do you think? Any ideas what could increase the ALT level so dramatically? Does the treatment seem reasonable? The vet did mention that ursodiol is definitely working because other blood test values improved. I could check what exactly it is, if important.
I'll be grateful for any feedback. Thank you.
this is my first post here. I've been reading this forum since our cat started having liver issues and found lots of very helpful information. I hope you can help us. Our cat is 10 years old (brown tabby). Up until last year, we were feeding her Science Diet dry food and had no issues. Last year's blood test was normal. Then I tried to switch her to mature cat diet, and it didn't go well. I probably tried 4-5 different brands of dry food and we finally settled on Royal Canine for mature cats. We also give her I Love My Cat wet food from Costco. But since then, she's been very finicky with food. More recently, she started throwing up often, sometimes daily. She has lost a lot of weight as well.
We took her to a vet and the blood tests showed elevated liver enzymes. ALT was at 374. Based on her lab results and ultrasound, the vet diagnosed her with inflammatory cholangiohepatitis with bilary hyperplasia.
The vet recommended denamarin (one 90mg tablet daily for 30 days), prednisolone (1/2 ml twice daily) and ursodiol (1/4ml daily). We have been giving her these meds for 3 weeks now. Since she wouldn't eat dry food at all, we've been feeding her boiled chicken and canned food. Her appetite is back and she doesn't throw up anymore. Her weight is increasing and she has gained close to a pound since we started the meds. We were very encouraged because she was acting absolutely normal. We took her for a blood test yesterday, and the resutls were unexpected. Her ALT level increased to 1172! It was at 374 3 weeks ago. The vet was surprised as well but recommended continuing with her meds and come back in 3 weeks for another blood test. The cat has been having upset stomach since we began the meds. We were told that it's a common side effect.
What do you think? Any ideas what could increase the ALT level so dramatically? Does the treatment seem reasonable? The vet did mention that ursodiol is definitely working because other blood test values improved. I could check what exactly it is, if important.
I'll be grateful for any feedback. Thank you.