Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with no thirst and high sodium improves with thyroid treatment
By Kang, Ji-Houn et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·2007·College of Veterinary Medicine, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Adipsic hypernatremia in a dog with antithyroid antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and serum.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old male Labrador retriever was brought to the vet because he was acting strangely, showing signs like confusion, circling, and pressing his head against objects. He also refused to drink water, which led to dangerously high sodium levels in his blood. Tests showed he had hypothyroidism, and he had antibodies against his thyroid in both his blood and spinal fluid. After starting treatment with levothyroxine, his symptoms improved significantly within a week, and he began drinking water normally again.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old, male Labrador retriever, weighing 27 kg, presented with abrupt clinical signs including mental retardation, circling and head pressing. The dog never ingested water by choice. An adipsia of the dog was persisted and developed to hypernatremia with artifactual hyperchloremia. Serial endocrine results and image findings were suggestive of a hypothyroidism. The dog revealed the presence of antithyroid antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid and serum. With the administration of levothyroxine sodium, his neurologic signs were alleviated within the first week of treatment and adipsia was also resolved.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17675808/