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My cat has a stomach problem please help

Published on: October 31, 2022 • By: areash · In Forum: Cats
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areash
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October 31, 2022 at 10:58pm
I noticed my cat was gaging for like 1-2 days, I took him to the vet he said this might be a hairball and he gave me paste that might help my cat to get red of it, after few hours my cat started vomiting and didn't eat for 2 days, I took him back to the vet, apparently the hairball is blocking in his stomach and caused  inflammation, and he needs 5 days treatment in the vet im scared that im loosing my cat he is really part of the family,   i only need to make sure if someone cat help viewing the xray to make sure the diagonses was correct4F866D25-7A72-412C-9D5A-160CB43B49DA5F8788F1-30D5-44E6-A8D1-C32ADF665C6E
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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November 01, 2022 at 08:20pm
Hello - and Im sorry to read that your cat and consequently yourself are having such a hard time.   As is widely advertised, we don't give second opinions on this site.  To give a valid second opinion, the second vet needs to have as information as the first vet, and so many second opinion vets are subject specialists that most of them will have more.  All that I have here is an x-ray, but your vet has seen the x-ray, examined the cat, heard a lot of details about the symptoms AND looked at the original radiographs.  They are therefore already far more qualified to comment on yoir cats' case than I am.
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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November 01, 2022 at 08:28pm
Furthermore, a second opinion would be carried out openly with your own vets' consent - these are the rules of basic medical ethics and they are there for good reasons.   However, if you do need a second opinion, then your own vet will generally be happy to arrange this for you.  I usually like to be asked for a second opinions with difficult cases because if I am right, this increases my confidence and if I am wrong, then there will be a better outcome for the patient.  The only time this is not true is if there is an emergency and the vet just needs to get on with something.
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Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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November 01, 2022 at 08:35pm
Good questions for your vet may include:  How sure are you about this diagnosis?  Is that sure enough that you feel confident with the plan at the moment, or is there anything that you would like to do in order to be more sure?   What is your plan for the next five days?  What do you expect the next five days to look like if everything goes well? What signs might alert you to worry? Would a formal second opinion be useful at the moment, or would it cost too much time? - and maybe consider from there. Best of luck - please will you let us know how you get on from here?
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