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Has she had a rhinoscopy? It can check for growths/obstructions. Also, is the discharge/congestion bilateral or unilateral?
My dog has an endless struggle with nasal mites. All dogs have them living in the nasal tissues, and most dogs' immune systems keep the populations in check. For whatever reason, Bandit's immune system sometimes isn't up to the task, and he has these explosions of the mite population, which result in first a drip, then sneezing, then greenish/yellow discharge, then congestion. The top of his nose dries out and turns crusty, and if the infection gets really bad, he'll paw at his muzzle. And when he really feels lousy, he's lethargic and disinterested and doesn't have much of an appetite. My vet and I have been dealing with this for a couple years now and trying to come up with a lasting solution. We're having good luck right now with 1ML doses of Ivermectin, which Bandit takes orally on the first of every month. The top of his nose is still dry and crusty and occasionally he has a sneeze, but no infection/discharge, so the Ivermectin is working for us.
Anyway, I'm glad Sable is feeling better. I hope you guys figure out the mystery.
Jerseykat, I took her to Garden State Veterinary Specialists. It's a referral only veterinary hospital in NJ. Thats where she had her TTA done over a year ago.
Niftybergin, she did have a rhinoscopy. There are no growths, just inflammation.
Glad Sable is feeling better. Could be an infected tooth too as the roots of some teeth run deep and can be the cause of nasal infections. ( true in humans as well as dogs, cats and other animals) Before Dash's diagnosis of Nasal cancer the tooth infection was something they ruled out.
Sable's congestion had gotten better but now it has gotten worse again. She was eating pretty good but today doesn't want to eat much. This is so frustrating. There still isn't a diagnosis of what's wrong with her.
my dog has to take very large pills for his liver I am suppose to put them in creamed cheese and give them to him I have to put in the back of his mouth so he doesn't spit it out. The other day had to put it back in and it got caught I tried to get it back out he was choking and having a bad time breathing so I broke every speed limit to get to the vet. they said there was no pill but his mouth was blue had dental digital ex rays and full head ex rays couldn't find anything so they put him on nose drop he doesn't sneeze or bleed just very dry nose having alot of problem breathing .
Has anyone any ideas I did use a saline nasal spray this morning the vet said lots of steam i could power a steam engine with the steam in my house. not helping him but i sure am better. thinking of nasal scope but am afraid it will hurt him he is a very small dog
I suspect a PH imbalance. Basically, your dog has many different bacterias living in her body (we all do), she also has good bacteria that her body produces naturally that keeps these bacterias at bay. Once there becomes an imbalance between the good and bad bacteria, the bad bacteria spreads internally, and starts to attack the immune system. (Systematic infection) when this occurs, antibiotics can actually hurt the dog, because they are killing the good bacteria along with the bad, esp. like the previous commenter said, if she is not completing her dosage and the bad bacteria is becoming resistant to it. If systematic infection is the case, taking probiotics would help her body to restore that good bacteria, and restore the ph balance. I'm not sure what type of tests are run to test for this, but I came across it when I was studying Dog allergies, bc I too have a sick dog, who's been in and out of vets office for a year now, and still no resolution in sight. The 2 things I came across were systematic yeast infection, although I think systematic infections could also be caused by bacterias other than yeast and leaky gut syndrome, in which toxins are leaking into the body through the small intestinal wall. I don't know if either is the case for your dog, but they are both very commonly mis-diagnosed as allergies, and contributing factors can be as simple as stress or diet. Also, you may look at her food. Its amazing what large role diet can play in their health. you may just check dogfoodanalysis.com and review your current dog food. They tell you whats in it, and why it may be good/bad for their health. Good luck to you..
my 10 year old dogs nose is starting to fall apart it has a smell of infection to it any help??????
OMG....really? Take the poor thing to the vet. WTH
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