Slight bloody nasal discharge -- possible sign of DKA?

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Ashley & Harry

Ashley & Harry

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Hi :)

So a few months ago, in January, Harry relapsed. A few days before he did, he had a very slightly bloody nose -- the moisture on his nose looked a bit red to me, and I'm pretty sure it was blood, but I didn't see anything that made me think it was more than just a little bit of discharge. He has a younger sister that he plays with and I thought that maybe she accidentally nicked his nose or something when they were playfighting (she doesn't usually use claws, but stuff happens). A few days later, he vomited all night and went to the vet the next morning because he was very lethargic. They said his diabetes was back and I think that he had a bit more fat in his blood than normal? and a lot of symptoms of DKA but they didn't officially say it was that.

Today, I noticed Harry's nose looked weird. I grabbed a tissue and gently dabbed it, and the fluid was orangered (I assume diluted blood mixed with saliva/whatever else sits around on cats' noses all day). So I guess I'm wondering if it's possible that that could be a possible sign that DKA might be a problem again?

He has also been sneezing more lately, and has been breathing/snoring a lot louder in general. I plan to take him into the vet in a few days to ask about maybe getting an xray of his sinuses, just in case he has a tumour or something, but I was wondering if the FD experts might know of a connection between the two.
 
Doesn't sound like a cold or URI so might be something irritating his sinus'. I don't have any personal experience with DKA (I'm completely ok with not getting any) but in the few cases I've read about on here, I've not heard of blood in the nose as a sign. You could search for threads mentioning DKA and see if anyone has mentioned it. =)
 
It's not usually sign of DKA BUT the recipe for DKA is ''Not enough insulin+Not eating+Infection'. The colored discharge may be signs of an upper respiratory infection. When cats have stuffy noses and can't smell food, they often won't eat. Soooo....while not a direct sign of DKA, it can be a sign of one of the conditions to set up for it. Keep a check on ketones at least daily while this is happening.
 
With two cats we've been lucky to deal strictly with diabetes, no complications. I however have had a lifetime of concussions and neurological adventures. Blood from the nose and especially the ears IN HUMANS is not good. Harry has not been bonked on the head lately? Strange things happen in the middle of the night and of course they'll never tell you. Don't want to panic you over a 1 in 1,000 occurrence but stranger things have happened. I had a cat poop out a staple once.
 
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