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Conference misery::feline

Title:Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
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Moderator:JULIET::CORDES_JA
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1079
Total number of notes:28858

169.0. "EOSINOPHILE GRANULOMA - DISEASE DU JOUR" by MCIS2::BOISVERT () Fri Jan 31 1992 10:29

    Has anyone heard of something called EOSINOPHILE GRANULOMA?  My cat
    began have a swollen lower lip a few weeks back.  I took her to Tufts
    and that was their diagnosis.  They don't seem to know too much about
    it, believe it's an allergy of some kind (but don't know to what) and
    are uncertain as to proper treatment.  He said they currently treat it
    w/steroids when it gets bad enough.
    
    Has anyone had a cat that has had this?
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169.1MPO::ROBINSONstarry eyes sparkling ablazeFri Jan 31 1992 12:134
    
    	Isn't this also called Rodent Ulcer? There are several notes
    	about that in here somewhere...
    
169.2MUTTON::BROWNFri Jan 31 1992 12:184
    See Feline-V1 for discussions of rodent ulcer.  I don't think it has
    come up in this new Feline before now.
    
    Jo
169.3Sargent has itMORO::MAPPS_LILinda MappsFri Jan 31 1992 13:198
    Yup, one of my cats has it.  Happens once in a while and my vet also
    thinks it's an allergy.  He goes in to get a shot (I'm not sure what),
    and in a day or two he's fine.  It doesn't seem to bother him, but
    he sure looks funny.  My vet said he had to have the shot when it gets
    bad, or it would start infecting his teeth.  Oh well.  I just keep my
    eyes open and bring him in when it occurs.
    
    Linda
169.4SANFAN::FOSSATJUFri Jan 31 1992 13:237
    If it is rodent ulcer, ask your vet about a medication called
    tribbisen(sp).  Stitch used to get ugly flarups on his upper hind leg. 
    We started him out on shots but my vet recommended the trib.  Once on
    the medication he would break out less frequently.  I'ts been two years
    now since I've seen a sign of it.  
    
    Giudi
169.5OXNARD::KOLLINGKaren/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.Fri Jan 31 1992 13:493
    Holly had rodent ulcer a couple of years ago.  I forget what she
    was treated with, but it hasn't recurred since then.
    
169.6JUPITR::KAGNOKitties with an AttitudeFri Jan 31 1992 14:193
    Tribrissan is the name of the medication.  It is one of those
    antibiotics that works on many different parts of the body.
    
169.7SANFAN::FOSSATJUFri Jan 31 1992 19:419
    When my vet gave Stitch tribissan he had just come back from a
    convention where the treatement of Rodent Ulcer was being discussed
    along with the use of trib.  I was asking questions about the
    medication and he told me quite frankly "we don't know why trib works
    on RU but it does".  I opted to try it rather than the shots and am
    glad that I did.  Fingers crossed cuz so far it's gone - and the collegen
    bump under the skin has almost disappeared as well.
    
    Giudi
169.8FOLLOW-UPMCIS2::BOISVERTThu Feb 25 1993 16:0214
    I just found my old note and thought I'd write a follow-up on this.  I
    really believe now my cats swollen mouth was an allergic reaction to
    all the flea spray I had been spraying in the house.  That particular
    timeframe had been a really rough time at home with fleas.  I just
    couldn't seem to get rid of them and it seemed like I was spraying
    constantly with some the spray I had gotten at the pet store (can't
    remember the name of it offhand).
    
    Anyways, this past summer/fall, I swore i was going to be right on top
    of things from the beginning and I really made a point to bathe the
    girls w/flea shampoo whenever I took them out and/or comb them
    regularly.  It made a difference.  I only sprayed my house about 3
    times between fall and winter and my cat never had another reaction.  I
    really believe her reaction was to my overdoing it the year before.