My cat has fluid in her stomach and chest. What are her chances?

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I have a cat. She had pleurisy in August, doctor prescribed her antibiotics such as cefrtiaxone and lyncomycinum and pumped out fluid from lungs. After a month everything became fine, but in October she started to feel bad again and doctor said that this is left-side lower lobar pneumonia and again prescribed antibiotics at this time amikacinum. Now pneumonia is gone, but she has a fluid in her stomach, doctor said that there are no chances for her, but she eats well. There is no cure? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 years and 5 months old | 6393 lbs

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hello, thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach. I am very sorry to hear that Liza has this problem. Unfortunately, this sounds like cancer to me. When cats have bicavitary effusion (fluid in both the chest and the abdominal cavity) the odds are it is cancer and the prognosis is very poor. Have any x-rays been done to check for a tumor? Often there is a tumor in the mediastinal area of the chest if this is cancer. FIP (feline infectious peritonitis) can be a cause of this as well. Has an abdominal ultrasound been done? Any blood testing? A cytology of the fluid? Without more testing I cannot really tell you if anything can be done or not. I suggest you speak to your vet about doing some additional testing. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

My cat has fluid in her stomach and chest. What are her chances?

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