Dog’s Ear Infection Problem

Question :

My dog had an ear infection and went swimming. Now he is waslking in circles and seems in real pain.I cleaned his ears after swimming with a drying agent and have repeated it tonight. Is there anything else I can do to make him feel better?

Answer :

I suspect tha your dog suffers from a middle ear infection:
- the original infection probably damaged the ar drum
- the bath allowed water to penetrate the middle ear
- the infection can now spread to the middle and inner ear

The middle ear contains the organs responsible for keeping the patient’s balance. The signs of middle ear infection are:
- Pain
- Head shaking
- Head tilt
- Circling
- Loss of balance
- Abnormal eye movement (called nystagmus)

You are making matters worse by applying topical ear treatment.

I recommend that you seek veterinary opinion. It is likely that the vet will recommend:
- Ear flushing under general aneasthetic. (Note that gaseous aneasthesia and intubation is necessary to avoid secondary pneumonia: the flushed fluid can go to the lungs via the eustachian tubes)
- Systemic (by mouth) targeted treatment instead of topical (in the ear) treatment
- Re-ex every week

Best of luck, Julien

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Pyometra Problem (dog)

Question from visitor :

I am writing from Africa and we got a puppy she is about 3-4 months and she has two small lumps one in her tail and one in her body close to her ribs, we don’t know what it is and there is not a vet in the city. It looks like a crater with something white inside,it is hard and about half an inch aprox. she seems healthy and sometimes she scratches her lumps, we put some peroxide and she cried and then we applied a cream called Mycoster for Dermatosis superinfected or not with bacteria. I don’t know if it could be a worm that got into her skin or maybe a wound infected she plays with her sister and they bite each other. They are getting bigger.
Can you please give as some advice. I will post some pictures tomorrow. She is a mix of labrador and street dog.

answer :

Medical management of pyometra is difficult but could be achieved with:
- IV fluids
- Antibiotics
- Prostaglandins: to push pus out of the uterus

This is more dangerous than the operation itself providing that the anaesthesia is monitored properly. I recommend that you find a vet that would be satisfied to operate on your dog.

Best of luck, Julien

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