Pemphigus
Please
help. Have no where else to turn to help save my dog, who has a severe
skin problem. It started out like a hot spot, but turned into raised
blood blister like things. The skin splits and then it runs blood. The
vet thought that it was a bacteria, but intense treatment has not
completely cured it. Twice it seemed to go away, but returns. She has now
stopped eating and is losing weight. She has a lot of small knots under
her skin. Countless visits to the vet have been fruitless and am afraid
we are going to lose her.
A skin
biopsy collected at several sites under local anesthetic would be most
diagnostic. Although many possibilities exist, this problem sounds like
pemphigus. Several types of pemphigus exist. This is a non-contagious
skin condition related to an abnormal immune response. If it is
pemphigus, no cure exists, however it can be so well controlled through
medication, you wouldn't even know the disease was present.
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