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Mystery illness with GI, work in progress
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[QUOTE="DorgEndo, post: 2001798, member: 103228"] I got a funny update, sorta. Since I work in a clinic we had an internal medicine intern who is specializing in infectious disease. So I got to ask him about the terrible trio affecting Devlyn. As the infection is in the GI tract whether the exposure was from food, soil, or any way contamination would enter her mouth what should protect a person (or dragon) is the pH of the stomach acid. In humans these bacteria are generally not a GI concern unless the patient is taking medication to reduce stomach acid pH, s/p a bariatric procedure, or any number of immunosuppressant conditions which would leave a patient more vulnerable. This conversation lead me to think a few things. Is the stomach pH for bearded dragons sufficient to kill these bacteria? As temperature changes and Devlyn's thermal performance curve changes could this affect her stomach pH? Could seasonal hormonal changes, i.e. getting closer to brumation, effect stomach pH? Devlyn has always been a problem eater. She doesn't eat in the morning. She doesn't eat during the day. Most of her meals are only when I feed her after work. Barely making the 4 hour window before lights out. This consistent late eating, which I have tried hard to change, made her more susceptible to opportunist infection? I still think the sprouts or mice could have been a contamination factor. I don't mop the floors much because the robo vacuum keeps things looking well. Guess I need to mop the kitchen more since Devlyn licks everything (as a dragon should) End random thoughts for now [/QUOTE]
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