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Treatment
If your puppy is diagnosed with puppy strangles, early and aggressive therapy will be required to avoid severe scarring. Corticosteroids are the treatment of choice. Your veterinarian may prescribe a topical (external) ointment to soothe and ease the pain, and as an adjunct to corticosteroid medication. In rare resistant cases, chemotherapy may be required. Adult dogs with panniculitis (inflammation under the skin) may require longer therapy. Antibiotics may be also prescribed if there is evidence of a secondary bacterial infection.
Living and Management
Most cases do not recur, but scarring may be a permanent problem, especially around the eyes.
lymphadenopathy
Any disease of the lymph nodes
muzzle
The term for the nostrils and muscles in the upper and lower lips of an animal; may also be used to describe a type of tool used to keep an animal from biting
suppurative
Something in which pus is discharged or formed
lymph nodes
Small structures that filter out the lymph and store lymphocytes
biopsy
The process of removing tissue to examine it, usually for medical reasons.
anus
The end of the gastrointestinal tract; the opening at the end of the tract.
arthritis
A medical condition in which the joints become inflamed and causes a great deal of pain.
acute
Term used to imply that a situation or condition is more severe than usual; also used to refer to a disease having run a short course or come on suddenly.
idiopathic
Relating to a disease of unknown origin, which may or may not have arisen spontaneously