Although feline infectious peritonitis FIP is terrible, according to the current medical level, it is no longer a 100% fatal disease. Therefore, if the feline shovel officer suspects that the cat has feline infectious peritonitis symptoms, he must not give up easily. Come down, Will take you to understand the treatment of FIP and help you better prevent and treat FIP.
Feline infectious peritonitis FIP currently has two specific drugs: GC376 and GS-441524, generally referred to as 376 and 441. The main function of these two specific drugs is antiviral, which can increase the cure rate of FIP to about 35%. Because the effect and price of 441 are more advantageous than that of 376, 376 has been basically eliminated by the market, and 441 is generally used to treat FIP. If the cat is in a particularly poor state when it is sent to the hospital, it may be necessary to increase it by 50% when injecting specific drugs. Generally, if the cat can survive 4 days after treatment with specific drugs, it is basically equivalent to being rescued.
1) After cats get abdominal transmission, a large amount of ascites will be formed, and the appetite will decrease, which will cause the cat to become very thin. So at this time, in addition to the daily diet, it is necessary to supplement the cat with some nutrients to help its body recover.
2) If the cat’s anemia is found to be severe, it is recommended to transfuse blood immediately. For the cat’s blood transfusion matching, you should try to seek help from a pet hospital or a friend who raises a cat.
3) Unless the ascites affects the cat’s breathing or the abdomen is too much and seriously oppresses the organs, try not to pump ascites, and don’t pump a lot at one time, because ascites has a great impact on the cat’s body, and wet FIP should try to avoid infusion.
4) If the situation is urgent, if the condition is not good when sent to the hospital, or the condition deteriorates rapidly while waiting for the medicine, and other treatment methods are ineffective, oxygen inhalation and prednisone and other hormone injections can be used for treatment.
A variety of amino acids
Including arginine, glutamine, branched-chain amino acids, etc. arginine can improve the immunity of cats and promote wound healing. Glutamine helps to improve the cat’s intestinal absorption capacity, promotes the cat’s absorption of various nutrients, and accelerates the body’s recovery.
BCAAs help the body build muscle quickly.
Fish oil
Fish oil has the effect of inhibiting the inflammatory response, which can make cats better when treated with 441.
B-complex vitamins
B-complex vitamins are related to the synthesis of sugar, fat and protein, promote the cat’s body metabolism, and strengthen immunity.
The difficulty of curing FIP is indeed relatively high. Therefore, when some pet hospitals find that the symptoms of cats are no longer necessary for treatment, it is understandable for pet owners to choose euthanasia. Therefore, everyone must do a good job in daily prevention, supplement nutrition for cats, and improve immunity. If any abnormality is found, send it to the pet hospital or consult a free online pet doctor in time to avoid delaying the timing of treatment.