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08-11-2011, 01:40 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: illinois
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| zowi has a skin infection and possible eye infection :( i noticed zowi rubbing the top of her head, or possibly her eyes, so i took her to see our wonderful dr yesterday. she has a couple small red spots on top of her head near her eyes. doc said her eyes look great but they have slight inflammation around them... it is not fungal and it is not mites or parasites so that was good news. she said the likely cause is that it is due to her atypical cushing's, cushing's dogs are very prone to skin problems. she has been given antibiotics (simplicef) and an ointment for her eyes (triple abx w/hc) and will be rechecked in a week if it hasn't cleared up. doc said it's really not that bad so she suspects it will clear up without any further problems. usually, a steriod such as prednisone would also be given but with cushing's she cannot have any oral steriods. hoping she is comfortable again very soon!!!! zowi will have her endogenous acth test sent out to university of tennessee at the end of september to check how she is doing with her melatonin implant. she is continuing her hmr lignans and denamarin daily also. we are truly hoping to see some improvements from this round of testing. please keep my sweet zowi in your thoughts and prayers. thank you!!!
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08-11-2011, 01:49 PM | #2 |
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| Zowi will be in my thoughts and prayers for the medications to take care of these problems quickly and for her tests to bring good news. She is in good hands with you.
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08-11-2011, 02:24 PM | #3 |
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| thank you kristin!
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08-11-2011, 05:20 PM | #4 |
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| Yes, the cushings pups do have skin issues. I have a foster with pseudo cushings (also known as alopecia x) and he came to me with horrible skin infections and was missing tons of hair. His skin finally cleared up. He is on Melatonin ... it actually helped with hair regrowth. Was pretty amazing. Just curious...what is the melatonin implant and what was it done for? Will definitely keep your Zowi in my thoughts and prayers. Does sound like she has a wonderful mom and a good vet, too!
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08-12-2011, 02:58 PM | #5 | |
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Treatment Considerations here's a link to treatment option considerations for cushing's from u of tenn http://www.vet.utk.edu/diagnostic/en...ings201107.pdf thank you for the thoughts and prayers! i hope this helps. i am so thankful to have our wonderful vet, she is amazing and has been my dogtor of choice for about 11 years now! and your babies and fosters are very lucky to have you - a great mommy looking after them too! will keep you and the furbabies in my thoughts and prayers also! thank you for giving them the care they need!
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