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Inner ear infection

J

JemimaH

Warren Veteran
So Alfie went to the vets today for x-rays, swabs and a blood test to try and ascertain what's causing all the wax in his ear. He's had his x-rays etc now and is awake, but when the vet rang she said one of his ears (the problematic one) looked considerably darker than the other one, implying an infection.

I googled it because I had always assumed an inner ear infection was accompanied by the whole head tilt/rolling/loss of balance etc. I was clearly wrong as Alfie is 100% normal in that sense!

Can inner ear infections be a right pain to get rid of? What sort of things should I expect?
 
JemimaH said:
So Alfie went to the vets today for x-rays, swabs and a blood test to try and ascertain what's causing all the wax in his ear. He's had his x-rays etc now and is awake, but when the vet rang she said one of his ears (the problematic one) looked considerably darker than the other one, implying an infection.

I googled it because I had always assumed an inner ear infection was accompanied by the whole head tilt/rolling/loss of balance etc. I was clearly wrong as Alfie is 100% normal in that sense!

Can inner ear infections be a right pain to get rid of? What sort of things should I expect?
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Unfortunately inner ear infections can be very hard to fully eradicate. Has the Vet suggested surgical intervention ?
 
Jack's-Jane said:
Unfortunately inner ear infections can be very hard to fully eradicate. Has the Vet suggested surgical intervention ?
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No. I just spoke to her and she said the other one is very very inflamed to the point where it bleeds if you touch it with the scope as well. She's taken all sorts of swabs - although I did not catch what they was exactly - and they're going off to the lab on Monday. What sort of surgical intervention do you mean? What would it involve?

This is costing us nearly £700 :( He's got £2000 on his policy and it only began at the end of June, so to have used up a third already in six weeks is pretty bad! So stressed already.
 
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JemimaH said:
No. I just spoke to her and she said the other one is very very inflamed to the point where it bleeds if you touch it with the scope as well. She's taken all sorts of swabs - although I did not catch what they was exactly - and they're going off to the lab on Monday. What sort of surgical intervention do you mean? What would it involve?

This is costing us nearly £700 :( He's got £2000 on his policy and it only began at the end of June, so to have used up over a third already in six weeks is pretty bad! So stressed already.
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Surgical options are not always appropriate, they are very invasive. They include ear canal resection and ablation and ostectomy of the tympanic bulla

GRAPHIC IMAGES ON THIS LINK

http://www.medirabbit.com/EN/Surgery/Ear/ear_surgery.pdf

Sometimes longterm antibiotics and anti-inflammatories may be considered a more appropriate option. This is unlikely to be curative but it can reduce the rate of progression of the infection
 
I am sorry to hear Alfie has an inner ear infection. I have no real advice but I wanted to say I understand just how stressful ear problems can be. I hope he make a full recovery xx

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