I don't usually put these things in the form of a post, but the comments don't seem to be working as they should on the Aural Hematoma post, so I am re-posting this lady's question, along with my answer. Hello Doc– I'm contacting you regarding my 7 year old golden retriever mix with very floppy […]
Category Archives: Allergy
One of our readers writes: I have 2 Chihuahuas, one weighs 10 pounds and the other weighs 15 pounds. They both have the same symptoms: scratching, biting and pulling out hair. My vet gave them both a long-acting cortisone injection June 1st, and the symptoms stopped. On July 2 they started again. I waited until […]
Every so often a dog comes in with a swollen face. In fact, twice in a twelve-hour period this weekend I've seen a dog with a swollen face (different dogs, okay?) Look at that right lip and left eye. "What happened to him?" We don't know. Dachshunds (more commonly than other breeds) sometimes get facial swelling as […]
So, we’ve been treating our itchy pet for allergic itching with a variety of approaches, but he is still itching. How can this be? It could be that, despite our skin scrapings, cultures and other in-office tests, we missed something and it’s really not an allergy. We may need to do a skin biopsy (cutting […]
When my son got chiggers at camp, he asked his mom what to do about the itching. She suggested the traditional remedies of Benadryl cream, Chigarid, or clear nail polish. He didn’t care for those alternatives, so I facetiously suggested that he "scratch them till they are bloody sores". He gave me a quizzical look […]
It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity. That is, it’s the stupidity of the body’s defense system that results in allergies. You’ve got this great and amazing array of mechanisms that protect your body from foreign invaders. When some harmful germ or poisonous molecule (i.e. a really tiny thing that is bad for you) enters […]