Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Charlie G — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:03:37 GMT

Hello, I had a cat several months back that showed some improvement after depomedrone but then then complete resolution within a week of starting doxycycline, think I prescribed a 3 weeks course in total, then did tapering doses of depo. So far his feet have stayed perfect.

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Roland Bulkyn-Rackowe — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 11:05:09 GMT

+1 for doxycycline.

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Emily Rainbow — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 20:06:30 GMT

I've had a couple partially respond to depomedrone but ronaxan is better. Along with surgical debridement if really extreme but don't always heal very well and will reccur.

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Rebecca Marchewka — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:09:20 GMT

I have generally found they do quite well on ronaxan.

Becky

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Virginia Campbell — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:47:06 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"] Looks like there maybe a problem in cats with Bullous keratopathy strongly linked to long term systemic cyclosporin [/quote]

Every day is a learning day - we have a few skin cats on long term Atopica so I will look out for this thanks. (Must start reading all the data sheets for everything as well..)

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Lindsey Edwards — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 20:40:25 GMT

Not terribly familiar with the pharmacology but I thought Apoquel targeted the itch mediators rather than being a primary immunosuppressive? I have not found pruritis to be a large factor in these cats, unless badly infected and traumatised from walking on them, indeed many I have seen have not really been lame or particularly aware of the lesions

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Thomas Johnson — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:09:32 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Todd"]

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]

How about Apoquel?

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Sounds a sensible suggestion to me, so why the anonymous one star which is a sure sign only of lack of reason!

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Apoquel is only licensed in dogs, but there seems to be some evidence that some cats with allergic skin disease improve with Apoquel:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25940959

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Anthony Todd — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:40:57 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]

How about Apoquel?

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Sounds a sensible suggestion to me, so why the anonymous one star which is a sure sign only of lack of reason!

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:20:48 GMT

How about Apoquel?

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grumpyoldman — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:59:28 GMT

Tapered prednisolone, with surgical debridement if necessary particularly if split flabby and cellulitic. Looks like there maybe a problem in cats with Bullous keratopathy strongly linked to long term systemic cyclosporin use ,so you could be swapping one problem for another? possibly something to avoid?.

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Lindsey Edwards — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 21:08:24 GMT

Check the teeth - many cases have severe gingivitis/stomatitis with a link to immune complexes and hypersensitivity. Dental work and immunosuppresives/immnomodulators are helpful with excision if badly traumatised also

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Aine Seavers — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:50:18 GMT

The feline guru Richard Malik promoted Doxycyl for these- immunomodulatory effect of the abt, suggestions of L shaped bacteria involvement, links with FIV. wounds and abrasive surfaces. Excision of some lesions also done. It's interesting that we have not seen a case of it in close to a decade now when it was once common.

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Richard Carter — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:35:18 GMT

[quote user="Sarah Keir"]I do not think the antibiotics are necessary[/quote] agree - despite sometimes oozing and looking messy it is inflammatory overreaction

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Sarah Keir — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:16:35 GMT

I do not think the antibiotics are necessary - certainly not a third generation cephalosporin. It is not a bacterial disease. I remember using oxytets in a case years ago but that was probably for the immune-modulatory effects.

Cheers

Sarah

RE: Plasma cell pododermatitis in cats

Julian Earl — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:08:18 GMT

Is there not a statistical link with renal disease for some reason? I seem to recall so, which I onlyremember because my ten year-old cat had renal disease and PCP so reading this stuck in my mind.