Joanne,
Anything foreign in the nasal passages and sinuses will cause bad breath and
more than likely an infection. Now that the object is removed, if she is
still having congestion...have they ruled out an infection and putting her
on a stronger and/or antibiotic specific?
Sharon Gamboni
Taron Cavaliers
Pennsylvania, USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne Opel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Chronic Throat Infection
> This sounds a bit like the problem my bitch has. But she has it in the
> nose. Has had awful breath since she was about 6 months, teeth are fine.
> Nothing in her throat. Recently, coinciding with a pregnancy, it got worse
> and appears to be in one side of her nose, discharge through one nostril
> only. Held it at bay during gestation & until weaning with amoxy, then
took
> her for xrays and scope. They got out a bit of spiny dried cedar "leaf",
> but that was 3 weeks ago and she still has congestion, tho not as bad.
Next
> step is to send samples for biopsy, says the vet.
>
> Has anyone had anything like this??
>
> -- Joanne Opel
> Kilbrook
> Ringwood, NJ
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> Carol Williams wrote:
>
> > Have your vet do a biopsy of the "ulcer" to see if it might be
> > Eosinophilic Granuloma. this condition is pretty rare in dogs but I
> > have had it in one Cavalier. The only way it can be diagnosed is by
> > biopsy. This is a condition mostly seen in cats, doesn't appear to be
> > painful or affect the dog in any other way, may or may not go away with
> > treatment, high incidence of return, not contagious, unclear whether it
> > may be hereditary.
>
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