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Originally Posted by bellarena  Thanks Kalina for the info. Dr. Goulet is who I took her to and she didnt help at all-the meds made her worse. I called today and Im thinking of driving to Gainesville where they have a Vet. school and Univ. of Fla. Ive been told they are the best. Neither doctor even told me what they thought she has! The lab showed that the cephalexin was suppose to work with the staph infection she displayed but it didnt since its almost 3 months later! and shes on clavimox, zeniquen, atarax, prednisone and spraying her with gentaved stopped that and now its vetericyn VF-also shampoo her with ketaclor. Ive been reading about this other drug others have mentioned called simplecef? have you ever used this? I will try the tea tom. also
She hasnt been anywhere new, same food for 2 yrs from the vet Iams calorie rest. food-but I have given her white chicken in her food lately but have donethis her whole life so I did stop now in order to watch everything shes eating and doing. I just hope someone can figure this out Ive already spent about $2000 and nothing has helped yet! |
Hi there,
I am sorry that we did not quickly, initially help your yorkie's skin disease! Skin diseases are often not cured on the first visit! There are many compounding factors that can contribute. Today even staph bacteria is very difficult to cure due to resistance that may not be seen on the initial culture, if she was cultured. I would be happy to repeat this at no charge, if it did not provide the appropriate antibiotic choice. Bacterial infections can also be difficult to treat with steroids on board. Often, if the skin disease started at 10 years of age with no skin problems before that, there is a hormonal issue or a food allergy, less commonly something more concerning. I am sure that I discussed this at the visit. The visits are often long (1hour plus) and I go over with you all the possibilities about what could be going on and long term plan of action. It can be a lot to digest. It is often not solved at the first visit, but takes time to treat the infection and then find the underlying cause (hormonal, allergy, etc). I care very much about my clients and patients and was very unhappy to see this posting. I wish you would have called to let me know that things weren't working. We always encourage that. I would be happy to discuss this with you further. There are other diseases with pustules/irritation that require a skin biopsy for diagnosis, but it is important to treat the infection first to get a clear biopsy specimen. Bacterial infections can also be difficult to treat with an underlying hormonal problem. If she has an allergy, once the bacterial infection has been treated she will be still itchy. It is important to know this (whether or not she is still itchy with no infection). We treat and manage these problems all the time, and every patient is different. What works for one, does not work for another. Sometimes you don't get it right the first time for sooooo many reasons, but usually we do!!! That is why we ask you to call and plan a recheck.