Is it dangerous to give water to pet/doggy when she/he had a pleural effusion or a heart condition?
Is it dangerous to give water to pet when she/he had a pleural effusion or a heart condition or something that has to do with rapid heart beat and rapid breathing with accompanied fluid build up that can be seen like a fat hanging in the ribs or chest part of the doggy?
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Its important to give the pet as much water as it needs with either condition because there is no way to know when to cut off the water without causing greater problems.
Ask the vet who diagnosed this condition. You should be following up with the vet for this anyway; it does affect the pumping of the heart and circulation.
If it’s a temporary condition (as in, after accident with broken ribs) - hang in there.
If chronic illness, the important thing is to make your dog comfortable esp if pet is seriously ill. I have been thru this decision a few times and still it’s hard to decide whether the dog is still happy and comfortable enough to continue…
In theory, if the pleural effusion is caused by heart failure, fluid restriction could help, we prescribe it to human patients also, so they need less pills to avoid water overload. The rapid breathing is because of to much blood in the chest, the high heartrate is due to the heart failure: the heart trying in vain to pump more blood around and out of the lungs.
But if the condition of very bad, best to make the dog comfy, and not hassle the dog with fluid restriction.