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> Feline infectious corona peritonitis (FIP) is the name given to a common and aberrant immune response to infection with feline coronavirus (FCoV). [1] Sounds

> Feline infectious corona peritonitis (FIP) is the name given to a common and aberrant immune response to infection with feline coronavirus (FCoV). [1] Sounds like it is primarily a gastro-intestinal disease. EDIT: > An experimental antiviral drug called GC376 was used in a field trial of 20 cats: 7 cats went into remission, and 13 cats responded initially but relapsed and were euthanized. This drug is not yet (as of 2017) commercially available. [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_infectious_peritonitis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_infectious_peritonitis [2] https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X17729626 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X17729626

dependenttypes 6y ago
Cats seem to have a lot of issues caused by their own immune system, other one that comes to my mind is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine-associated_sarcoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine-associated_sarcoma
aqme28 6y ago
Gastrointestinal sure, but the cause of death is due to fluid buildup in the space around the lungs (peritoneum) which progressively prevents the lungs from expanding. Watching my cat die from that was the most horrible thing I've witnessed.
- serf 6y ago
  I've had two cats die from FIP. Rather than breathing problems, it expressed itself as a wasting disease. (non-effusive FIP) The cats (wanted to) ate practically 24/7, their hunger being unable to be satisfied. Terrible diarrhea, leading to liver failure and death over the course of a week from first apparent symptoms. One of the cats became so jaundiced that her eyes and skin were almost a florescent yellow before her death. The other experienced such radical muscle atrophy in his hinds after just two weeks of symptoms that he became immobile. He shortly after suffered a stroke or similar such anomaly and died a few days after becoming immobile. He still had a voracious appetite -- even after becoming immobile. It's a brutal and devastating disease for felines. It's also easily transmissible between neighborhood cats. It's a horrible diagnosis to hear from a vet -- it harbors very little hope for the patient. The only silver lining is the usual quickness of the death. I'm sorry that you and your pets had to go through it.

dependenttypes 6y ago

Cats seem to have a lot of issues caused by their own immune system, other one that comes to my mind is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine-associated_sarcoma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine-associated_sarcoma

aqme28 6y ago

Gastrointestinal sure, but the cause of death is due to fluid buildup in the space around the lungs (peritoneum) which progressively prevents the lungs from expanding. Watching my cat die from that was the most horrible thing I've witnessed.

serf 6y ago
I've had two cats die from FIP. Rather than breathing problems, it expressed itself as a wasting disease. (non-effusive FIP) The cats (wanted to) ate practically 24/7, their hunger being unable to be satisfied. Terrible diarrhea, leading to liver failure and death over the course of a week from first apparent symptoms. One of the cats became so jaundiced that her eyes and skin were almost a florescent yellow before her death. The other experienced such radical muscle atrophy in his hinds after just two weeks of symptoms that he became immobile. He shortly after suffered a stroke or similar such anomaly and died a few days after becoming immobile. He still had a voracious appetite -- even after becoming immobile. It's a brutal and devastating disease for felines. It's also easily transmissible between neighborhood cats. It's a horrible diagnosis to hear from a vet -- it harbors very little hope for the patient. The only silver lining is the usual quickness of the death. I'm sorry that you and your pets had to go through it.