Just over a year ago I took my dogs to the vet because they were both sneezing and throwing up. My downstairs neighbor’s dog, who they saw almost every day, had the same thing going on.
The vet ran some tests and diagnosed one of my dogs with Lyme Nephritis. He had antibodies for Lyme, which made it appear that he had Lyme disease (there is no positive Lyme test - they just test for the antibodies). The protein levels in his blood were low and in his urine were high, indicating kidney issues. He was put on five different medications and special food.
I was devastated. I LOVE my dog. I asked the vet if it could be anything else, they said no. I asked if there was anything I could do, they said no. Upon the advice of friends I took him to an internal medicine specialist. They said they had never seen a dog with Lyme Nephritis look like him - completely fine. His only symptoms were the sneezing and throwing up, which ended after about a week. I took him in once per week for tests and after a month his protein levels and kidneys were back to normal. The internal medicine specialist said that he was misdiagnosed and it was clear my dogs had a virus, but the virus affected one of my dogs differently than the other. I wish I had more conclusive answers as to why this happened, but the point is that a year later he is completely fine and he does not have Lyme Nephritis.
I’m posting this because when he was first diagnosed I typed in Lyme Nephritis in the Reddit search bar and saw one sad post after the other. I wish I had seen even one post like this to give me hope. The moral of the story is that misdiagnosis does happen - ALWAYS get a second opinion!
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from Pets https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/comments/mcyhch/lyme_nephritis_misdiagnosis/
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