Spectacular cellulitis

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Linda Filshie — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:06:00 GMT

It had been given piriton the night before and was getting worse. The dog was painful and pyrexic (not my experience with silly puppers that get stung and blow up) and it has since pointed and burst

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Christina Smith — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:24:00 GMT

Bilateral, looks urticarial to me. Usually go down. Add in piriton ?

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Anthony Todd — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:57:04 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]Corticosteroids would be OK for both.[/quote]

As you said..... and then I said, but I'm wrong when I'm right, and still wrong when I'm wrong....

I was always surprised at the speed of apparent recovery and well-being when I added a short-acting steroid to the A/B in an obvious abscess but, again....

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Linda Filshie — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:16:55 GMT

[quote user="Arlo Guthrie"]

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]Apologies for the sideways on pic. I'm sure there's a way to reorient but I'm currently approaching braindead.[/quote]

ta daaaa....

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Thanks, Arlo!

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Linda Filshie — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:28:01 GMT

14 months so too old for puppy strangles but yes would have been on my list if younger (though I've not seen a case in about a decade). It has pointed and burst now - yay!

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:19:58 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Todd"]One where depomed would work better, and for longer;[/quote]I don't think it would work better and 'longer' is the key word here: if your diagnosis is wrong then you can't stop it. Other than that I'm not going to get into the steroid argument with you Anthony.

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Anthony Todd — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 15:44:29 GMT

One where depomed would work better, and for longer; never had much faith or seen much success in oral pred as the initial treatment.

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Jenny Harris — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:01:08 GMT

Agree with Martin re puppy strangles. Needs higher than usual pred dose to get on top of it though

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:35:41 GMT

How old is it? If a puppy could be juvenile pyoderma/strangles if older maybe a myositis. Corticosteroids would be OK for both.

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Arlo Guthrie — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:00:50 GMT

[quote user="Linda Filshie"]Apologies for the sideways on pic. I'm sure there's a way to reorient but I'm currently approaching braindead.[/quote]

ta daaaa....

RE: Spectacular cellulitis

Julie Innes — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:51:19 GMT

Ouch! I have had a couple like this over the years, they usually resolve with ABs and I've never managed to find an underlying cause! If you find one, let us know! Hope she feels better soon