Sentences with phrase «as pemphigus»

If allergy is eliminated as the cause of a skin problem, other autoimmune conditions such as pemphigus are considered.»

But inflammation can also be bad — for example, when it causes the body to attack itself, as with an immune - mediated disease such as pemphigus, some thyroid diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.

Specialists suspected Max suffered from autoimmune skin disease, such as pemphigus foliaceus (pronounced pem - fi - gus foal - ee - aa - shus) but could not prove it conclusively on any tests.

Not exact matches

Your veterinarian performs a biopsy of skin tissue to diagnose the disease, as abnormal skin growth on the footpads can result from various causes, including zinc dermatosis and pemphigus foliaceus.

Therapeutic plasmapheresis is effective and often life - saving for the treatment of acute forms of immune - mediated diseases, as IMHA, Myasthenia Gravis, and Pemphigus.

Pemphigus / SLO as it occurs in the greyhound involves the nails only, there are no other systemic signs - though there may certainly be a poor appetite and / or lethargy associated with the chronic pain.

Properly, as one of the IDEXX pathologists explained it to me, SLO involves nails and so is the correct histopathological diagnosis, whereas pemphigus involves footpads and interdigital skin.

All of the greyhound specific texts and articles I've ever read refer to this autoimmune condition as «pemphigus.»

It can be permanent and may be associated with immune - mediated conditions such as systemic lupus, pemphigus variations, etc..

Pemphigus can be masked by concurrent skin problems such as flea allergy dermatitis, mange, and atopy (inhalant allergies).