dogslife
Posted : 5/19/2008 3:38:13 PM
I can't help but think that the first treatment helped to start clearing it up but not enough to make it completely go away and so the reaction has just resurfaced.
That is what it sounds like. The thing about giving more than two larger doses also, is that you evenly distribute the med into doggies system, so the benefit is round the clock in even distribution...The reaction is still there , the dogs system is simply being tricked by the antihistamine to stop reacting...So stop giving med, reaction is still occuring as the dogs bod still has the allergen/reaction happening in his system...Once a hot reaction is in the makings, it is more to most difficult to stop it. Why the blast of antihistamine initially and then maintaining round the clock hits of antihistamine...The emergency vet can give a nice shot of decadron to reduce swelling ...But you can start the stopping of the huge reaction at home by nipping it in the bud w/ a good strong initial dose of the benadryl (or its generic equivalent)..
Get the system down by talking with vet regarding dose/body weight/ to fight the strength of that reaction being suffered by Wyatt.
I havent' had to deal with throat swelling but that one there worries me. It is a cardinal sign of anaphylaxis which will lead to death if untreated.
The other thing about allergies is that a body's system may develop them over time. You may get an allergy to something later in life, due to the repeated exposure of it..the body identifies it over time as an "enemy" and goes into hyper inflammatory mode.
Lots of times allergies progress slowly, other times, quite fast.
The treatment is routine though, and that should help a person dealing with it feel good...Keep the med on hand at all times. When you need it it is there and you know that it will work.