If your dog shows symptoms of
ischemic skin disease, we hope you will read the technical information below and then discuss treatment and / or limiting vaccines with your veterinarian.
The following document is a bit technical but worth the read because localized, and even generalized
ischemic skin disease is becoming increasingly common as dogs are exposed to and assaulted by an ever - increasing range of unnatural substances.
Not exact matches
Immediate applications for the oxygen - sensing bandage include monitoring patients with a risk of developing
ischemic (restricted blood supply) conditions, postoperative monitoring of
skin grafts or flaps, and burn - depth determination as a guide for surgical debridement — the removal of dead or damaged tissue from the body.
Raynaud's can sometimes be serious, leading to atrophy of
skin and muscle, ulceration and rarely to
ischemic gangrene.
All of the
ischemic dermatopathies are diagnosed by clinical features and
skin biopsy.
Long - term surveillance to prevent recurrence of pruritic
skin diseases or secondary pyoderma and Malassezia dermatitis — surface cytologic examination looking for organism overgrowth should be performed whenever inflammation seems to be exacerbating in an
ischemic dermatopathy.
Prevent self - trauma in response to concomitant
skin diseases — any coexistent
skin disease characterized by pruritus must be relentlessly managed long - term to prevent the cycle of self - trauma followed by further
ischemic damage.
Diabetes or elevated blood sugar; Cancer (excluding basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma of the
skin); stroke, transient
ischemic attack (TIA or mini-stroke); emphysema; chronic bronchitis or chronic lung disease; major depression or anxiety that required psychiatric treatment; bipolar disease or mood disorder; schizophrenia.