From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2002-04-21 08:51:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Mouth Cancer?
Jen & Andre wrote:
>
> Kym, my ferret had something like what you described on her upper lip shortly before she was put down for lymphoma. She had been on pred and as it is an immune inhibitor I guess I wasn't surprised to see it. The vets told me it was (oh shoot, what was it...)
My wife has rheumatoid arthritis and for 8 years she took methatrexate
and prednisone for it. It tended to modify her immune response and she
developed little white areas in the corner of her mouth. They changed
her to Arava instead of the other two drugs, but the white spots remain.
They tell her it is a yeast infection. They have not been able to cure
it and probably wont as long as her immune system is compromised. I
wonder it her ferret has a little yeast infection in it's mouth.
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Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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