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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / November 2006idiopathic nasal discharge german shepherd
Has any one had any experience with this diagnosis. "idiopathic nasal discharge" Our two year old spayed shepherd "bell" has been bleeding from one nostril accompanied with a clear to sometimes whitish discharge. This has been going on for six months on and off but is now continuous and three different vets cannot give a precise diagnosis. She has had three types of antibiotics', x-rayed three times, otoscoped and entoscoped as well with no result and now they want to do an m r i or c t scan at a cost of $1000.00 plus. They claim that there is no aspigiliosos or any infection nor can they see any foreign body in her nose. Can any one offer any insight? Thanks Sorry Bell's having these issues. I know it can be very frustrating to not find a diagnosis, even though you've done all you have so far. Personally, I wouldn't call the problem "idiopathic" until the MRI or CT scan is done and shows there's truly nothing wrong. It's very likely one of those tests will show something...what, I don't know, but a foreign body seems high on my list in a young, active dog. Usually this would be seen with a scoping, but not always. If the scan is unremarkable, then there are some immune-mediated problems which can cause these types of signs and may be responsive to steroids. My recommendation is to have the MRI or CT (MRI would be my vote) and then you can truly say you've done all you can to find the problem. If nothing's found, ask your veterinarian if a steroid trial is worthwhile. Good luck and please keep us updated. Sandy, DVM > Has any one had any experience with this diagnosis. > "idiopathic nasal discharge" [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Can any one offer any insight? > Thanks Hello Sandy Many thanks for the solid advice. The M.R.I was done today at 6pm and they promised results tomorrow afternoon so I will post the results. I should mention that "belle" has many strange problems since getting a proheart sr12 shot in march of 2005 Thanks again Gordon > Sorry Bell's having these issues. I know it can be very frustrating to > not find a diagnosis, even though you've done all you have so far. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Can any one offer any insight? >> Thanks Hello, We have gone ahead with the m.r.i and the results are no cancer or tumour thank god, but no definitive answer to her problems other than a statement that it :"may:" be chronic rhinitis but they will repeat all the tests and do an immune assay as well. The say the results show clearly that there is no turbinate damage. Will keep all informed. Gordon > Sorry Bell's having these issues. I know it can be very frustrating to > not find a diagnosis, even though you've done all you have so far. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> Can any one offer any insight? >> Thanks |
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