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Pasha's paw problem has been diagnosed now ...

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Mart

Mama Doe
Sample results came back to say he has... (and I'm not sure this is the right spelling)...

Chronic Pyogranuloma Mitosis ?

Treatment is with Steroids and Anti-Biotics

Anyone have any experience of this ?

The symptoms have been his raw pink paw pads, with hair loss around the paws (possibly self-inflicted by over-excessive cleaning - tugging at fur) and a slight flakiness to the skin on his paws.

Martin
 
Mart said:
Sample results came back to say he has... (and I'm not sure this is the right spelling)...

Chronic Pyogranuloma Mitosis ?

Treatment is with Steroids and Anti-Biotics

Anyone have any experience of this ?

The symptoms have been his raw pink paw pads, with hair loss around the paws (possibly self-inflicted by over-excessive cleaning - tugging at fur) and a slight flakiness to the skin on his paws.

Martin
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Did the vet say which organism was causing it, eg.staph, or aspergillus etc?
Are you applying a topical steroid?
 
Mudgy said:
Did the vet say which organism was causing it, eg.staph, or aspergillus etc?
Are you applying a topical steroid?
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Nope - didn't say which organism was the cause, not sure what Steroid he has had either.

Martin
 
Maizey said:
Is the steroid you are using a cream or injection?
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It was an injection given by the vet.

He's been having injections every 4 days (total 3 so far) - as thye had thought it was an auto-immunity problem until the latest test results came back.

Martin
 
I wrote a post called Staphylococcus Aureus.Does Pashas paw look anything like the pictures of Barlies paw and what breed is she?
 
Maizey said:
I wrote a post called Staphylococcus Aureus.Does Pashas paw look anything like the pictures of Barlies paw and what breed is she?
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Really sorry to read of your experience with Barlie and Bugsy - it must have been devastating for you :( (sorry I have a penchant for stating the bleeding obvious) I Hope that with the passage of time you will realise that you did absolutely everything you could, and made the hardest decision at absolutely the right time.

Pasha's paws don't have the same legions (sp?) - his are more 'raw' light pink, and the skin isn't broken. We think the pinkness is more from him pulling his fur off from the pads of his paws (and slightly round the sides).

I'll try and grab a pic or 2 later.

He is slightly more himself this morning, but is still fixated on his paws.

We are going to give it a few days on the steroid / AB combo - see if it helps at all.

Thanks for the info - and very sorry to read of your experiences.

Martin
 
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