Message Number: YG14255 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukieferret
Date: 2002-06-27 11:48:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Itchy skin

> I'm feeling rather unqualified to answer, actually, so anyone who can bail
> me out, please jump in. She doesn't look obviously adrenal, but if she
> has lost weight (very thin) and has intense itching with no other cause
> known, I'd tend to think that the TN adrenal panel may actually not be a
> bad idea...

Yes, but I think I'd check some other things, too, like liver health and such, so
at the same time I'd have blood pulled for a CBC. Liver disease can cause
itching and sometimes tiny blisters, skin disease can, parasites can, allergies
can, tension can, etc. It is something that has a number of possible causes. If
the adrenal panel and CBC come out okay I think I'd be curious if Benedryl
has an effect, if/ once vet okays trying that, but first I'd personally want to make
sure that there are no bigger problems. I am trying to recall if kidney disease
causes itching ever, part of me thinks it might but I am completely unsure.