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sukieferret
Date: 2002-03-01 19:36:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Distemper or flu with bad skin problem....
--- In Ferret-Health-list@y..., "craigkrisowen"
<craigkrisowen@y...> wrote:
>sneezing, coughing and had a high temp. ..paw pads,
> swollen eye's and mouth all look like distemper my vet said
> red bumpy and swollen. Like a cold sore bump. He is itchy
>also. he whimpers when he pees a little. ..No neurological ...
> herbal tea mixture of Pau D' Arco, Echinacea and green tea.
> He did go outside once and rolled in dirt and some grass a
>week before this happened. My other 2 didn't and are fine so ...
Carefully check that area for things like poison oak or poison ivy.
If those are there then stop the herbal immune system boosters.
If it's a reaction then the last thing you want to do is to boost the
very system that is contributing to it. May not be something like that but
a check around the location would be extremely useful for
knowing that. (Oh, and skip the caffeine in them, please...)
I just pulled out reference after reference because I could not
recall if each of those symptoms is consistent with poison ivy
and poison oak, but couldn't find anything useful except a human
health ref. The symptoms are consistent in humans.
Urushiol is a powerful sensitizing agent. Among the possible
symptoms for a severe exposure is renal irritiation. The kidneys
and heart have to be watched iwth very severe exposures in
humans. Symtpoms can include: vesiculation and generalized
edema, itching, swelling, papulation, oozing, crusting,
weakness, malaise, fever, etc. Urine may show protein, red
blood cells and casts. Blood may reveal a high nonprotein
nitrogen level.
(Source: _Handbook of Poisoning_ by Robert H. Dreisbach.
DO check that area just in case this may be a possible cause.
Do not know if it is an option or not.
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