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Internal Medicine<\/h2>\n

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Internal medicine is a true specialization within general medicine, encompassing all pathologies.
Internal medicine is the specialty of complex diagnostic procedures and the management of animals suffering from multiple pathologies or systemic diseases.<\/p>\n

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At the crossroads of organ specialties, the internist has the necessary skills to establish a synthesis in complex situations and to implement hierarchical diagnostic or therapeutic strategies. He cares for the patient as a whole.
The fragmentation of certain specialties into increasingly narrow “sub-specialties,” a result of medical and technological progress and essential for the care of some patients, implies a growing need for physicians trained in synthesis, such as internists.<\/p>\n

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  • General signs:<\/strong>decreased appetite, weight loss, increased water consumption, fever, depression, anemia, jaundice, abdominal distention, bleeding, lump<\/li>\n
  • Digestive signs:<\/strong> vomiting, diarrhea, regurgitation, blood in the stools, abnormal stool color, constipation, etc.<\/li>\n
  • Cardiorespiratory signs:<\/strong> cough, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties, syncope, malaise, heart murmur, arrhythmias, runny nose, sneezing, etc<\/li>\n
  • Urinary signs:<\/strong>difficulty urinating, increased frequency of urination, blood in the urine, vulvar discharge.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Neurological signs:<\/strong> convulsions, disorientation, loss of balance, tremors…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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    Tumors of the spleen<\/h3>\n

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    Spleen tumors represent 7% of tumors encountered in dogs. They are much rarer in cats.<\/p>\n

    The most common tumor of the spleen is hemangiosarcoma (called splenic hemangiosarcoma). Certain breeds are predisposed to it: the German Shepherd, the Golden Retriever, the Labrador, the Boxer, the Poodle\u2026 but can be found on all breeds with a predominance in medium to large breeds.<\/p>\n

    When it comes to malignant tumors, which represents about one in two cases, their prognosis is often poor. Indeed, the strong vascularization of the spleen means that these tumors tend to metastasize rapidly.<\/p>\n

    A mass on the spleen can sometimes be felt by your veterinarian during abdominal palpation. It is also possible that such a mass is visualized on X-ray, ultrasound or CT scan. However, most of the time, for lack of preventive examinations or evocative symptoms, the masses on the spleen are not detected until late, when this organ ruptures. An abdominal hemorrhage is then present. The animal is usually very downcast, in shock, has pale mucous membranes, may have breathing difficulties and a distended abdomen. In this case, surgery will be performed urgently, with the primary objective of stopping the bleeding. If necessary, additional examinations and an extension assessment (blood test, abdominal and\/or cardiac ultrasound, chest x-rays, etc.) may be performed later.<\/p>\n

    In the presence of a splenic mass, surgery is required. It is only after histological analysis that the nature of the mass can be determined and therefore the possible diagnosis of splenic hemangiosarcoma established. If this has not been done prior to surgery, the extension assessment mentioned above makes it possible to know whether or not there are already metastases and therefore to refine the prognosis (which is of course clouded by the proven presence of metastases). The decision of a chemotherapy protocol can then be taken.<\/p>\n

    Due to the crude or not very suggestive clinical symptoms, splenic hemangiosarcomas remind us of the importance of additional examinations as a preventive measure in our dogs from 6 years of age. Ideally, hematology and ultrasound of the spleen should be performed every year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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