itching, staph infection
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| Poor baby. What does he eat? Could he have developed an allergy? Dogs a get alleries to thins they have been eaing for years. |
| One of the problems with staph is that it is/has become resistant to many of the common antibiotics. It is possible that your baby may have one of those strains and need a more aggressive antibiotic course.
We had a child at school skin his knee during morning recess. Even though I cleaned it and applied a triple antibiotic ointment, it was ugly looking just three hours later. It took 4 weeks of antibiotics to get rid of the staph. |
| I am dealing with the same thing with one of my dogs. He was diagnosed with a staph infection about 10 weeks ago, and he is on his third round of antibiotics, now at the strongest dose possible.
It kept coming back once he finished the meds, and from what I have read that is quite common with staph. It can take months, and I've heard in one case 2 years, of constant antibiotics to get rid of it completely. You need to see the vet again, and have the dog on a strong dose of antibiotics for at least 4-6 weeks straight.... on Friday the vet put Tucker on prednisone in addition to the strongest dose possible of antibiotics, and it has made a huge difference. The bloody pus oozing has stopped and the sores are scabbing over finally.... I just hope it doesn't come back again. Cultures were done to make sure it was not MRSA, and sensitivity cultures were done as well to see which antibiotic it was most sensitive to, which in Tucker's case seems to be cephalexin. He was scratching his back, shoulders, neck etc as well, there are yellowish greasy areas there that are from the staph spreading like wildfire, Tucker's started on his face as well so I'm assuming it has taken the same progression in your dog. The prednisone relieves the itch and inflammation and prevents him from scratching them open and starting it all over again... |
| Poor doggies!!
Stacey -- I had no idea Tucker was still suffering. I hope they both feel better soon. |
| Poor pup! I know how frustrating this is. Our first sheepie, Quincy, had the same issues. He had food allergies and inhalant allergies, so the staph on his skin went crazy. Quincy had it really bad on his butt.....the only good thing about it was that he couldn't reach it to scratch at it, so he didn't get the hot spots some people have to deal with.
We had him tested for allergies, switched foods about a dozen times, gave him allergy shots, Benadryl, you name it, we tried it. He was on antibiotics for weeks and weeks, in conjunction with Benadryl. After we finally got it under control, Quincy had to take pulse therapy antibiotics for the rest of his life, to control the staph and keep it at a manageable level. Basically, he took the pills for three days, and then was off them for four days. It worked. Have you tried a food elimination diet, or a food with one protein source and one carb source (like Duck/Potato, or Venison/Rice), that is free of wheat, corn, or soy? It might work for you. Best of luck. Laurie and Oscar |
Oscar's Mom wrote: Poor pup! I know how frustrating this is. Our first sheepie, Quincy, had the same issues. He had food allergies and inhalant allergies, so the staph on his skin went crazy. Quincy had it really bad on his butt.....the only good thing about it was that he couldn't reach it to scratch at it, so he didn't get the hot spots some people have to deal with.
We had him tested for allergies, switched foods about a dozen times, gave him allergy shots, Benadryl, you name it, we tried it. He was on antibiotics for weeks and weeks, in conjunction with Benadryl. After we finally got it under control, Quincy had to take pulse therapy antibiotics for the rest of his life, to control the staph and keep it at a manageable level. Basically, he took the pills for three days, and then was off them for four days. It worked. Have you tried a food elimination diet, or a food with one protein source and one carb source (like Duck/Potato, or Venison/Rice), that is free of wheat, corn, or soy? It might work for you. Best of luck. Laurie and Oscar Keep in mind though a staph infection does not always begin with allergies. |
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