Internal Medicine
Our LVAH doctors are proud to practice internal medicine. We provide diagnostic evaluation and treatment for the following conditions:
- Endocrine diseases including diabetes mellitus, Cushing’s disease, Addison’s disease, hyperthyroidism, and hypothyroidism
- Gastrointestinal diseases including inflammatory bowel disease, chronic vomiting or diarrhea, intestinal cancer, gastric and esophageal foreign bodies, megaesophagus, and pancreatitis
- Renal and urogenital diseases including acute and chronic kidney disease, urinary incontinence or obstruction, urinary tract infections, and glomerulonephritis
- Hepatic and biliary diseases including hepatic lipidosis, cholangiohepatitis, biliary obstruction, hepatic encephalopathy, and chronic hepatitis
- Immune-mediated and hematologic diseases including anemia, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, polycythemia, and polyarthropathy
- Infectious diseases including Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP), fungal infections, and Leptospirosis
- Respiratory diseases including rhinitis, nasopharyngeal polyps, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleural effusion, and asthma
- Dermatological conditions
Treatments and Procedures
Many of these procedures can be performed during routine appointments and may be available as needed on an emergency basis.
- Abdominal and thoracic ultrasonography
- Ultrasound-guided aspirates
- Gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Esophageal stricture balloon dilation
- Esophageal and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube placement
- Urethrocystoscopy
- Vaginoscopy
- Rhinoscopy and nasopharyngoscopy
- Bronchoscopy
- Endotracheal wash
- Bone marrow aspirate
- Transfusion therapy
- Digital radiography, CT, and MRI
- Laparoscopic liver biopsy
- Parathyroid gland ethanol ablation
Common Conditions Evaluated
- Chronic or severe vomiting, diarrhea, swallowing disorders, chronic inappetence, weight loss
- Urinary incontinence, increased frequency of urination, increased thirst and urination, difficulty urinating, proteinuria
- Chronic nasal discharge, sneezing, snorting, coughing, difficulty breathing
- Anemia, clotting disorders
- Fever of unknown origin
- Icterus
- Distended abdomen, abdominal masses, abdominal fluid
- Increased liver enzymes, kidney values, hypercalcemia, hypoalbuminemia
- Neurologic signs due to metabolic conditions (liver shunt, liver failure, hypoglycemia, hypertension, etc.)