Dystrophic causes of
calcinosis cutis include idiosyncratic reactions to injections and other foreign materials.
«Cured» has to be a guarded term in dealing with any cancer, and in the case
of calcinosis cutis or circumscripta, the possibility of a cure depends on the primary cause and the ability to treat or eliminate it.
A bizarre condition
called calcinosis cutis causes calcium to deposit in the skin leaving raised, rock - like formations anywhere on the body.
Skin diseases in the English Pointer include allergies (which cause itchy skin and can lead to pyoderma), lick granuloma, demodectic mange, and
occasionally calcinosis and follicular dysplasia.
Additional treatment
for calcinosis cutis will depend on the underlying cause.
Chefetz stayed at the Israeli Institute of Technology for her PhD, but decided to switch to more clinically oriented research and joined dermatologist Eli Sprecher's lab to study familial
tumoral calcinosis (FTC).
A key nutrient is vitamin K2 — Dr. Price's famous Activator X. I love this study on vitamin K2: The Effect of Vitamin K2 on
Experimental Calcinosis.
If calcinosis cutis is the problem it will be necessary to try to adjust the dosage of mitotane (Lysodren Rx) to better control the Cushing's disease or to consider switching to one of the other treatments.
The most common cause of
metastatic calcinosis cutis in dogs is overproduction of adrenal hormones (corticosteroids or «steroids»).
A common side effect of Cushing's is hair loss, which can then cause a side effect, such
as Calcinosis Cutis.
Some animals develop hard masses in the skin on the neck and back (from calcium deposits, a symptom
called calcinosis cutis), which may ulcerate or become infected.
Let's look at skin problems next — they're rampant in this breed, especially allergies (which cause itchy skin) and pyoderma (folliculitis and furunculosis), but also seborrhea, demodectic mange, lick granuloma, and
occasionally calcinosis.
For example, if you don't have enough magnesium, you will be more prone to
calcinosis.
For instance, being magnesium or Vitamin D deficient renders one more susceptible to
calcinosis.
Other health issues reported in Bernese Mountain Dogs are kidney disease, inflammatory brain disease (aseptic meningitis), cerebellar ataxia, hernias, and
calcinosis.
Another condition of the skin that may be observed is called
calcinosis cutis, in which calcium deposits occur within the skin.
There is a specific skin condition associated with hyperadenocroticism, called
calcinosis cutis and the only cause I know of is the Cushing's disease.
Skin diseases abound in Doberman Pinschers — allergies, bacterial skin infections (pyoderma), lick granuloma, color dilution alopecia (very common in blue Doberman Pinschers), demodectic mange in Doberman puppies, follicular dysplasia, sebaceous adenitis, seborrhea, pemphigus, vitiligo,
calcinosis, and zinc - responsive dermatosis.
Calcinosis cutis due to overactivity of adrenal hormones may be associated with loss of body muscle and swelling of the abdomen due to laxity of the muscles.
Calcinosis circumscripta is a disease of large dog breeds.
The usual treatment for
calcinosis circumscripta and single areas of calcinosis cutis is surgical removal.
Calcinosis circumscripta is inclined to local recurrence, especially in the tongue, but the lesions usually cease development at maturity (approximately two years of age).
Calcinosis cutis may get worse before it gets better as the calcified tissue is pushed out through the skin.
Calcinosis cutis develops in some animals but not others, even though they have similar steroid hormone or blood calcium concentrations.
Calcinosis cutis is induced by local skin damage in susceptible animals.
Calcinosis cutis is most common in connection with adrenal hormone problems, including those of treatment with the hormones.