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- Difficulty maintaining normal exercise level
- Loss of weight or general ill health
- Wheezing or heavy breathing
- Purplish tinge to the skin
- Coughing sometimes with blood
- Nosebleed
- Fainting
- Swollen abdomen
- Excessive thirst
- Changes in appetite
- Fever
- Yellowish, jaundiced appearance
- Suspect a blood clot in the lungs if your dog has:
- Sudden difficulty breathing
- Coughing up blood or bloody mucus
- Elevated respiratory rate
- Blood clots in the heart can cause a variety of symptoms:
- Heart murmur
- Pain or symptoms of a heart attack
- Fluid accumulation in the abdomen
- Fever, lethargy, and lameness
- Elevated respiratory rate
- Clots which block blood flow to the urinary system, genitals or abdomen can cause:
- Bloody urine
- Abdominal pain
- Vomiting
- Inability to control bowels or bladder
- A pulmonary embolism or thrombosis effects the tiny capillaries of the lungs.
- A clot in the brain can lead to a stroke.
- Clots can lead to heart failure as well as infection of the heart lining.
- High cholesterol
- Increased adrenaline levels
- Kidney disease
- Diabetes
- Underactive thyroid
- Inflammation of the pancreas
- Infective Endocarditis - bacterial infection of the heart lining which leads to pneumonia and clots in the lungs.
- Heartworm Disease - parasite infection of the heart which creates clots in the lungs.
- Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia - a condition in which immune antibodies attack and destroy red-blood cells increasing the likely hood of clot formation. It can be caused by cancer tumors, infection or drugs.
- Cushing’s disease - a hormone imbalance caused by a tumor on the pituitary gland or by developing a tolerance to certain drugs. Blood clots can develop if left untreated.
- Aneurysm - enlarged blood vessel in the brain which may rupture and cause a blood clot.
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome - very rare skin defect present at birth which causes bruising and blood clots.
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