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Also wanted to post the xray and labs. See if anyone sees a correlation. Pls excuse the shadowing
Any luck off the lysine? I'm curious!Omg! Get out of my head! I was thinking the same thing about the lysine. Lysine leaves the system quickly. I will take him off for a few days. Fingers crossed I don't get a URI flare up. It really does feel like a never ending battle.
I'm just seeing this thread. My cat was on a combination of lysine and lactoferrin but seemed to not like the taste of the lysine. Someone (maybe my vet, I can't remember now) said lysine might be salty and that's why she didn't like it. At any rate, I had her just on lactoferrin and it did help. There's a long thread about it here: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/267703/stubborn-herpes-infection-add-lactoferrin-in-addition-to-lysine. If you scroll down to post #18 or so that's where the conversation turns to using lactoferrin only.I was actually able to find some articles were animals were having allergic reactions To lysine. It does happen and no doubt with my luck, my kitty will be the small percentage.
Now if it does end up being the lysine (my vet said he would be hard pressed to believe it) what do I do about the FHV? Lactoferrin alone won't help will it? I'm almost afraid to try anything at this time but don't want him to suffer with the URI sneezing and runny eyes when it happens. Those symptoms never reoccurred on the lysine
I'm not sure I know the type of FHV. The vet based it off of the symptoms Haze was having. And with the lysine working so well, it "confirmed" the belief of FHV. He has been fully vaccinated. I will have to see if that includes against FHV also. My vet does some type of laser treatment at his office. I would love if you could ask your mom the type of laser treatment she used so I have reference when speaking to my vet.I'm coming in on this thread late, but I have a few thoughts:
It appears that Haze has Type 2 FHV. Is that correct?
I've been Googling Feline Herpes Virus. Type 2 has been associated with urinary problems in one study. www.provet.co.uk/infectiousdiseases/5a7b68c.htm
Cat problems don't always equate to human problems that are similar, but herpes may. In humans, herpes tends to "hide" in infected cells, sneaking out along the nerves occasionally to cause outbreaks. Remember those ads about shingles vaccinations? If you've had chicken pox, the virus is inside you. So the virus is there already, but they still recommend vaccination. Why? Because it alerts the immune system to be on the lookout for the virus and try to fight it off. Is there a vaccine available for FHV? If so, and if Haze is allergic to L-lysine, this might be another way to go.
My mother was a physical therapist, and she used therapeutic levels of ultrasound to effectively treat herpes outbreaks (both cold sores and shingles). If you like, I'll ask her whether she remembers the details.
In humans, pain can definitely cause nausea; I'm pretty sure this is true for all vertebrates.
Margret