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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / January 2004discoid lupus
a few months ago my 8 year old sheltie/whippet female was diagnosed with discoid lupus. I think she had signs of it years ago, but we thought it was staff infection caused by fleas and did eventually clear up with antibiotics (probably would have cleared on it's own.) During the time before her official diagnosis we did try prednazone, and for that reason I'm reluctant to try it again (she was a sad looking pooch) I have given her Vitamin E and omegas (trying to make the skin happy) it appeared to not make a difference, so I stopped that was a while ago. Now I can see it coming back. Her tummy has been fine for quite awhile, but it's her nostrils and the fuzzy area between her nose and mouth. One side had a small sore, it now is a pale spot in a dark area. Yesterday I noticed a sore area on the other side. her nostrils are also affected. Another thing about her is that she is an extremely sensitive dog. She has episode of shaking. she is sound sensitive, but the shaking sometimes looks like seizures. (I think she's a stressed out dog sometimes, yet there are times she is a true couch potato) What I am asking, is in your opinion what could be possible triggers. We also tried hypo allegettic food it made no difference. The diagnosis was made by a biopsy Thanking you in advance, Lisa and Trixie >Subject: discoid lupus >From: "John/Lisa" jdance@shaw.ca [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > >Thanking you in advance, Lisa and Trixie The fact the makers of dog food have no idea how much iron they are putting in the food leads to oxidative stress which leads to lupus .. Hemosiderosis is iron deposits and as evidenced in this article .. running rampant through the canine community. J S Afr Vet Assoc 1999 Dec;70(4):158-60 Renal pathology in working dogs in the South African National Defence Force. Short RP, Lobetti RG, Nesbit JW South African Military Health Service Headquarters, Centurion. Urine analysis, serum biochemical profile and a cortical wedge biopsy for histopathological examination was performed on 42 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) dogs from around the country. The only significant finding on urine analysis and serum biochemistry was a relatively large number (16/42) of dogs with elevated serum inorganic phosphate levels Histopathology revealed that only 9 of the animals had normal kidneys reflected in the wedge biopsy material, with over 50% of them showing signs of glomerular pathology (primarily mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis). Other conditions detected histopathologically were haemosiderosis (47% of animals), focal nephrosis (2.4%), membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (2.4%), focal interstitial nephritis (4.7%) and acute tubular nephrosis (4.7%). The lesions observed were of limited distribution and extent; this histopathological finding may account for the absence of significant abnormalities on urine analysis or serum biochemistry profiles. It appears from these results that a large percentage of the SANDF population would be expected to have mild renal lesions, but that these lesions are not severe enough to lead to clinical signs. The findings of this study are similar to those of randomly selected populations of non-military dogs performed in other areas of the world, which also demonstrated an unexpectedly high incidence of histopathological renal pathology in dogs considered healthy. These lesions may well, however, play a role in later life, and it is recommended that military veterinarians maintain an index of suspicion for renal disease, particularly glomerular disease. The aetiology of the histopathological lesions is unknown. PMID: 10855840, UI: Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking Thank you for answering so quickly In town here there is a shop that makes natural pet food. I will drop in and see what they have to say and sell. thanks again, Lisa and Trixie > >Subject: discoid lupus > >From: "John/Lisa" jdance@shaw.ca [quoted text clipped - 68 lines] > Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking |
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