Three to six weeks after the sores appear, other symptoms that characterize
the secondary stage of infection may appear.
Not exact matches
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Differential diagnoses for this presentation include juvenile onset demodicosis with a
secondary bacterial
infection, dermatophytosis, contact dermatitis, and early
stages of mild juvenile sterile granulomatous dermatitis and lymphadenitis (puppy strangles).
In this
stage the cat may develop signs
of immunodeficiency and
secondary conditions, such as opportunistic
infections, stomatitis, ocular inflammation, cancer, and respiratory tract
infections.
The course
of feline distemper can be very short indeed, just four to five days, and if the disease reaches the advance
stages untreated then death can occur within a short time, however many cats can survive if they receive speedy attention, there is no cure, treatment consists
of intensive supportive care and preventing
secondary infection.
In the final
stage of infection, treatment is given for
secondary infections and to reduce symptoms.