snuffly pug

Re: snuffly pug

David Mills — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:27:51 GMT

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maybe 3wks fluoroquinolones to clear secondary bacteria

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irresponsible fluoroquinolone usage

Re: snuffly pug

Bob Russell — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:09:43 GMT

Paediatric Otrivine nose drops can be useful (similar to phenyephrine) short term. These drops can often cause a rebound vasodilatation effect if used over any significant length of time so I find mainly useful for snotty flu cats that won't eat.

It may be worth trying to see if there is an improvement short term but nose drops are unlikely to be that useful long-term. Do steroids reduce the symptoms?

Re: snuffly pug

Rob Loxley — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:32:31 GMT

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maybe 3wks fluoroquinolones to clear secondary bacteria

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*shakes head*

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Re: snuffly pug

David Mills — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:18:40 GMT

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maybe 3wks fluoroquinolones to clear secondary bacteria

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*shakes head*

Re: snuffly pug

Mark Hedberg — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:06:51 GMT

I remember that, good lecture! I've tried the phenylephrine drops in one patient, worked for a while then stopped working. (cat with chronic cat flu, so he had other problems too.)

Re: snuffly pug

Rob Loxley — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:21:02 GMT

If the dog has previously had airway surgery then it sounds to me like the owners would be the type to go for further investigations (e.g. radiography/nasopharnygoscopy/advanced imaging +/- biopsy etc.), as really I'd like more information / diagnosis to guide best treatment.

For an empirical approach to these snuffly/'allergic' rhinitis, maybe 3wks fluoroquinolones to clear secondary bacteria, then trial steroids to see if helps (if so fluticasone longterm may help).

At BSAVA Philip Padrid was very enthusiastic about on/off use of phenylephrine nasal decongestant drops topically. He was pretty unconvinced by mucolytics also.