Caution: Could seem disgusting!
Flowerbelle developed a small bump on the side of her neck early last week. We thought it was a scratch that got infected. She had to see the Vet a week ago today for her last lung worm shot. Doc said it seemed more like (I don't remember the name of it) - but basically it was fly larvae - that before that stage lived inside of her, worked its way up through her lungs and bronchial tubes and then worked its way out through her neck. It would finish developing into larval stage, then create a breathing hole. When it got to that point, we were to bring her in - they apply a little anesthetic, make incisions to make the hole a little larger and then just take out the thing.
Over the course of the week it grew to a pretty good size - like a quarter - then flattened out. No breathing hole ever developed.
We took her in to be spayed today, and the Vet said he'd take a look at it while she was sedated.
He called - and said it appeared to be EGC (Eosinophilic granuloma complex?) - but that they'd taken a biopsy and we'd have results (I think tomorrow?) - soon, anyway. He explained it as an allergic reaction to a parasite, and that it is not infectious (meaning it's not something our other cats can get from her).
Searching the Net.... it seems it's usually an allergic reaction to fleas (which she hasn't had for months now, since having been rescued), though sometimes identifying the source is impossible. However - from what I've read so far, it also seems that when this EGC manifests itself in the skin, it's usually on the lip, stomach, or inner thighs.
Anyone heard of this, and any ideas what the treatments might be?
Poor thing turned out to have a herpes virus in her left eye, and she's on antiviral drops 3 times a day, a cream to remove the excess liquid in the blisters on her eye (4 times a day), and 75mg of Lysine (to help improve the effectiveness of the antiviral) a day. And she HATES all of this. I'd hate to have her have to suffer through MORE medication (which I'm sure this means).
(If it's liquid, she laps anything up readily in a very small bit of cat milk. But pills are EXTREMELY difficult).
Poor thing!!!!
????????????????????
Thanks,
Laurie
Flowerbelle developed a small bump on the side of her neck early last week. We thought it was a scratch that got infected. She had to see the Vet a week ago today for her last lung worm shot. Doc said it seemed more like (I don't remember the name of it) - but basically it was fly larvae - that before that stage lived inside of her, worked its way up through her lungs and bronchial tubes and then worked its way out through her neck. It would finish developing into larval stage, then create a breathing hole. When it got to that point, we were to bring her in - they apply a little anesthetic, make incisions to make the hole a little larger and then just take out the thing.
Over the course of the week it grew to a pretty good size - like a quarter - then flattened out. No breathing hole ever developed.
We took her in to be spayed today, and the Vet said he'd take a look at it while she was sedated.
He called - and said it appeared to be EGC (Eosinophilic granuloma complex?) - but that they'd taken a biopsy and we'd have results (I think tomorrow?) - soon, anyway. He explained it as an allergic reaction to a parasite, and that it is not infectious (meaning it's not something our other cats can get from her).
Searching the Net.... it seems it's usually an allergic reaction to fleas (which she hasn't had for months now, since having been rescued), though sometimes identifying the source is impossible. However - from what I've read so far, it also seems that when this EGC manifests itself in the skin, it's usually on the lip, stomach, or inner thighs.
Anyone heard of this, and any ideas what the treatments might be?
Poor thing turned out to have a herpes virus in her left eye, and she's on antiviral drops 3 times a day, a cream to remove the excess liquid in the blisters on her eye (4 times a day), and 75mg of Lysine (to help improve the effectiveness of the antiviral) a day. And she HATES all of this. I'd hate to have her have to suffer through MORE medication (which I'm sure this means).
(If it's liquid, she laps anything up readily in a very small bit of cat milk. But pills are EXTREMELY difficult).
Poor thing!!!!
????????????????????
Thanks,
Laurie