Sentences with phrase «severe oral inflammation»
This heightened immune response leads to severe oral inflammation, oral ulcers, foul breath, resorption of hard dental tissues, and difficulty in eating, sometimes at a very early age.
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He had been at a shelter for over a year and had a severe case of gingivitis / stomatitis (inflammation of gums and entire oral cavity) requiring high doses of steroids twice daily to control his pain and allow him to continue to eat.
Gingivostomatitis is a debilitating feline dental disease marked by severe and chronic inflammation of a cat's gingiva (gums) and mucosa, the moist tissue that lines its oral cavity.
According to Jennifer Rawlinson, DVM, chief of the dentistry and oral surgery section at Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine, «The immune system becomes overly reactive to plaque and causes severe inflammation in the gingiva, initially around an affected tooth and then quickly progressing to the tissue in the surrounding area.