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I am back on here a year after first diagnosis of IMT in our now 9 year old WCS, Pippa. She was successfully weaned off steroids and was discharged from the vet in March this year after stable platelets for several months. Whilst checking her over yesterday I discovered petechiae again on her gums. We made an out of hours appointment at our vet who ran blood tests to check for platelets and clotting time. The smear showed normal platelets on their in house machine (which is usually lower than actual). The bloods have been sent to the lab and she has been put back on 15mg prednisolone twice a day. We get results tomorrow. I am after any advice/idea as to what this could be if she has a normal amount of platelets. Could they be non functioning. I am devastated as she was doing so well and all her fur had returned to normal.

Our girl has dry skin after all the steroid medication for IMT. She is off steroids now. Can dogs with immune conditions have fish oil supplements?

Our dog Pippa was diagnosed with IMT back in June 2020. She has just finally come off steroids. In the last couple of months she has lost a lot of her fur. This didn't happen in the first months. It has thinned so much and she has flaky skin under her fur, like dandruff. Could she now have Cushing's as a result of the steroids? Has anyone experienced this? Will her fur recover now she is off steroids?

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I am absolutely devastated and wanting to know if anyone has experienced this.
Our Pippa was diagnosed with IMT in June and has been on Prednisolone (currently tapered to 6mg every other day). In September she stated to get nasal discharge and was treated with antibiotics but it hasn't gone away. Today she is at a vet specialist hospital and they have diagnosed aspergillosis in her nasal cavity. She has to undergo some invasive treatment to try and treat it. We can only assume that this opportunist fungal infection has come about because of being immune suppressed. Has anyone ever experienced this or have any advice. From a very worried owner. 😢😢😢

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Has anyone had issues with colitis in a dog with IMT? I have read that dogs with immune conditions commonly develop other ones. Our dog has colitis at the moment of unknown cause but I have read that there is immune mediated colitis. Hoping it isn't but just wondering if anyone has experienced this?

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Our Pippa is being treated for IMT. Her platelets are in the 300's and her dosage is being tapered. She has been havinb discharge from one of her nostrils and it is suspected that she has something lodged in her nose. A general anaesthetic is needed to check this out and flush the nose out. Antibiotics aren't doing anything. Is it safe for a dog with IMT to have GA. We might not have much choice as it needs to be investigated in case it is something more sinister but wanted to ask what people think?

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Our Pippa with IMT is on the tapering path and is currently down to 8mg Prednisolone twice a day. She has huge indents to the sides of her eyes where her temporal muscle has disappeared. Is this a common side effect of the steroids?

On a second note, we haven't given her any Eastecto flea and tick treatment since she was diagnosed. Is it ok to do this now she is back in the 'normal' platelet range?

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Is diarrhoea a side affect of steroid use? Our cocker is tapering (currently on 15mg x2 a day) and is suffering from this. It was happening about once every 5 days but has been constant the last 3 days.
We have tried fish and rice. No vomiting and she is ok on herself and wanting food.

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Our dog Pippa was recently diagnosed with IMT and is 🤞 on the road to recovery. We have taken her to France a couple of times in the past and dogs have to have the rabies jab to travel. We don't believe this was the trigger as it was nowhere near her diagnosis and obviously she cannot ever have this again. The question I have is: has anyone taken their IMT dog to France since diagnosis? Can you get a rabies exemption or is this the end of her travels abroad?

We have previously been to France with our dog, Pippa. She is recovering well from primary IMT and platelets are in the 300's so on tapering of steroids. Is it correct to assume that she will no longer be able to travel with us in future years? Obviously we won't be going anywhere soon with COVID but she won't be able to have any vaccines, including rabies, and she also had to have a wormer on our return so won't be able to have that either. She should be covered for rabies until March 2022.

Hi,
One week ago we had a trip to the vet with our Pippa (8 year old working cocker spaniel) for an eye problem only for the vet to discover small red spots on her gums and, after blood tests, the devastating news that she has Immune Mediated Thrombocytopenia (IMT). Her platelets were almost zero (5). After 5 days of Prednisolone her platelets rose to 66. We have more blood test this Friday and the vet has said she is expecting them to be over 100 if things are working. They held off giving vinchristine because her platelets were coming up. We are grateful that the vet noticed this as Pippa was otherwise well. Treatment has been started early and we are praying for a full recovery. Drinking, peeing and having accidents are the norm, with sleepless nights letting her out 4- 5 times a night. She isn't keen on her normal food which is unusual but is begging for anything else on offer.
I was told about this forum by a member on another site and am in the process of ploughing through some of the info and chat.
Thanks for any help I get going forward. This is certainly a very worrying time.