please help

[momstoy66]

I just adopted a 12 year old dachund she has enlarged glands in her throat and also sounds like her stomach gurgles all the time.can you tell what this is from?

[momstoy66]

Thanks for the info. I did take her to the vet. However she had dirty teeth so i had them cleaned and vet but her on antibiotic. She is on a very strict diet now. Her gurgling has slowed down tremendously and her breath is now smelling better. I just need to remember to get the food out of the back of her jaws it seems to get stuck there. he feels all the love I have for her and she seems to be so much happier.

[Ghilly]

It sounds like your dog has an infection going on somewhere and needs to be checked by your vet and possibly put on a course of antibiotics.

Lymph glands are found throughout the body.  They act as filters for the blood and they also store white blood cells.  When they are swollen, the condition is called lymphadenitis and it signals the fact that an infection is present somewhere in the body and the glands are producing white blood cells to try to fight it off.

Borborygmi, or the gurgling of the stomach, can be caused by several different things.  In a young dog it can be caused by the dog simply being hungry or by a slight irritation of the digestive tract.  If it is constant, however, and especially in an older dog, it can signify something more serious.  It can mean a mild case of colitis or it can be a more serious problem like pancreatic problems.  

I am sorry to be so vague but without a physical examination and a complete blood panel there is really no way to tell what is causing these things or whether the two are related or not.  would make an appointment with the vet to have some bloodwork done to make sure everything is OK and that the values on her liver and kidneys are within the correct parameters.  Please keep us posted on her progress.

Ghilly

[chainsawmaggie601]

Have you changed her diet since you adopted her? I would have your own vet check her out. I adopted a 10 year old cocker last year from our local humane society. they told me the pin in her leg was just fine. $450 later, of my own money, I had my vet remove it as it was working itself loose and coming out her shoulder blade. She's still a cripple, but she's able to walk over half a mile a day, and still with me. good luck. Moral of the story is they are there to find homes, and don't always know the pet's real medical history.