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Sorry, in my previous message, i talked only about my cat's status and couldnt provide an appropriate replies to your questions. So, here they are:how is your kitty currently doing? Hope all continues to be good.
May I ask you if you did the bone marrow biopsy? We suspected the same IMHA in our cat Chibi case too but he has low levels in the three lines, and the bone marrow biopsy informs us it was working not working efficently but still working and during a few months that we have gave him prednisolone and cyclosporine it was working ( he had previoously needed two blood transfusions a feed tubing) and he even had a 33% hematocrit but now he's very sick so I was asking you if maybe in any of your reading or consults it was discussed treatment for the bone marrow if the anemia wasn't IMHA.
thank you so much, all my best wishes for you and your kitty
I think you're trying to figure out what causes IMHA, or is there any underlying disease... Apart from bone marrow biophsy, here are some elective tests:
Tests for felv, fiv, corona, blood parasites. An ultrasound to check organs. A genetic test for pyruvate kinase deficiency (which is very very rare for cats). If you're done all these and couldnt find any answer, most probably your cat has primary imha.
Additionally, if you're getting response to immunosuppresants (even if the response is not as high as desired), this is another proof for primary IMHA.
If your cat's bw shows high RDW; this means bone marrow is working and producing enough/high blood.
I hope these are helpful and you can find all the answers you need.
Wishing you the best of luck in this treatment