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Dear Dustee,

 

I am so sorry your boy is ill.

 

I do agee he MUST have a chest xray prior to any surgery. However, it is quite possible the decayed teeth are exascerbating his asthma.

 

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/feline_asthma.html

 

Gingivitis leads to a disorder called Stomatitis.

We usually remove all the teeth from these patients because dental abscesses lead to oral legions.

She is better off without the teeth because once the bacteria from decaying teeth gets into he bloodstream it can affect all the cats organs and cause kidney or liver failure as well as cardiac issues.

Cats that have Stomatitis, which is a severe infammation of the mouth have a lot of pain and often stop eating. That is a different condition than normal gingavitis which is treatable by dental scaling. However, Stomatitis is NOT treatable so annual cleanings are a waste of time and money because the oral bacteria enters the stomach and makes the cat extremely ill. Antibiotics and steroids are often used.We usually recommend removal of all teeth for best results. Then the cat lives a normal healthy life eating soft food.He does not even miss the teeth.Here is info you can print and refer to.

http://www.thensome.com/felinehealthlinks.htm

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?articleid=368

http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_plasma_cell_stomatitis.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/9352/stomatitis.html

 

 

Use a paper litter like yeterdays news.

 

For vomiting feed only wet food and give a half a pepsid in food every 10 hours.

 

Please let me know how your baby is doing.

 

I hope he is better very soon.

 

Warmest best wishes,

 

Terri

 

 

Expert:	Terri Riba
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