Pet Internal Medicine
Our comprehensive pet internal medicine service in Redondo Beach, CA, aims to keep pets healthy and disease-free through routine wellness and preventative treatment.
What Is Internal Medicine?
Internal medicine addresses the deeper and more complicated problems that arise from internal disorders that impact your pet’s overall working system. A veterinary internist, for instance, might handle issues with your pet’s stomach, metabolism, or circulatory system. These disorders can be more challenging to diagnose and treat because of their broad-ranging impact and comparable symptoms.
At Pacific Animal Hospital, our internal medicine specialists often work with chronic or difficult-to-diagnose conditions, providing long-term care and management strategies to improve your pet’s quality of life. If your pet is dealing with a condition that requires specialized attention, an internal medicine veterinarian can help develop a comprehensive treatment plan.
Internal Medicine Treats Veterinary Conditions
A veterinary internist has extensive experience managing ailments that might emerge in a variety of veterinary specialties, including:
- Age-related disease
- Cardiology (high blood pressure or heart disease)
- Endocrinology (diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing’s disease)
- Gastroenterology (disorders of the digestive system)
- Hematology and Immunology (immunodeficiencies and white blood cell, red blood cell, and platelet disorders)
- Infectious Disease (bacterial, fungal, viral, and other contagious diseases)
- Oncology (cancers)
- Respiratory Disease (disorders associated with the respiratory system)
- Urology and Nephrology (kidney and bladder diseases)
Internal medicine would encompass any disease, injury, medical condition, or congenital problem that systemically impacts an animal’s health.
Using cutting-edge veterinary diagnostics to treat and manage diseases in an efficient manner
Any veterinarian can treat a pet’s symptoms by prescribing medicine to ease the discomfort. However, internal veterinary medicine specialists work to treat the underlying issue, producing the symptoms to stop them.
A precise diagnosis of the underlying issue is necessary to safely and effectively manage systemic disorders, cure patients, and eliminate symptoms. Our veterinary professionals can quickly and reliably diagnose illness in our patients because of our internal solid diagnostic capabilities.
When to Make Your Pet’s Internal Medicine Appointment
The signs of systemic problems might differ significantly based on the pet and the condition. If your pet exhibits any of the following symptoms: vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, seizure, collapse, or lethargy, or if you detect any changes in your pet’s appearance, behavior, energy level, or appetite, we advise making an appointment as soon as possible.
Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialists in Redondo Beach
At Pacific Animal Hospital, our veterinarians are dedicated to giving our patients the finest possible care, from diagnosis and early treatment to continuous disease management. Please contact us now to find out more information or arrange an internal medicine consultation for your dog or cat.