dyan
Posted : 5/21/2006 8:56:33 PM
I'm glad she is being taken care of,,,I'm sure you are too!
Yeah, I guess you will need to change her food and medications.
Our Dane Ollie went thru a few years of allergies,,,scratching, bumps on his skin, staph infections,,then stomach infections. He was on antibiotics a lot and steriods here and there. We finally realized these drugs were helping him only while he was on them, and then it would come back. The time NOT on drugs was getting shorter and shorter. We changed his diet to premium food...and took him to a skin specialist..got him off of drugs. He was blood tested for allergies and found to be allergic to grass and dust,,,two things we can do NOTHING about. He was given weekly allergen shots, he eats Eagle Pack food and doesn't get vaccinations anymore,,,we believe he has a weakened immune system from them as he started all of these symptoms right after getting his shots. He is fine now, and doesn't scratch hardly at all anymore, no more bumps and illnesses. Thank goodness!!!
Some of these drugs do help but in the end, there is usually a price to pay. My sister in law at the time worked at a nursing home and said that is exactly what happened there to the people,,they would get on antibiotics or steroids,,be fine while on them, and then after they were off they were worse then before.
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