Lick Granulomas - Page 1

Have any of you had any luck with treatment(s)?? If so, what worked best for your dog(s)? Thx in advance...

If you identify an organic reason triggering the licking, and can address that underlying stimulus, the success rate in treating is naturally much higher. Consider neuropathy, arthritis pain, neoplastic changes not yet visible to the naked eye but possibly detectable at cellular level...

If the issue is fully based in anxiety, it's a much tougher fix, and sometimes the only effective treatment is rehoming the dog or otherwise eliminating whatever is causing that stress.

Varying rates of efficacy with acupuncture, schlerotherapy, and laser treatments.

Thank you Hexe am looking into all of your suggestions, this is an almost 10 year old male, am just trying to find comfort for him. Soft exercising; pain control put on knuckle, but cannot for the life of me figure out what is "NOT" working or what is hurting or where this stems from. Very very frustrating as he has the most beautiful feet and bone imaginable along with other great things but keeps at this particular spot just above his front pastern. Don't like it at all. Otherwise in great health. Thx Nan

 

PS:  In  house bloodworkup prior to dental Feb. 4, 2016 came out OK.  Just searching.  N

Consider possibility of nerve impingement in cervical spine area due to arthritic changes, or activity-related trauma to shoulder assembly.

When bloodwork was done in Feb., was thyroid included?

Hi Hexe: No I doubt it as vet did an in-house. Other than this lick gran. he's really in good shape. This was my boy that was attacked by dogs two different times; about 2 years ago though; always suspicious what damage was actually done to spine as well as just plain aging process, definitely some arthritic changes that have gone on in the past 2 years though.

Also am looking into Dasequin ADVANCED formula now. Have recently put him on a Tumeric (with Boswellia) and other ingredients as nothing else seems to work or at least I cannot SEE any difference; he hates coconut oil won't touch it but still try to sneak in his food on occasion but not on a consistent basis. Am searching though, went thru Marina Zacarasis (sp) list of possibilities for lick gran. as well as other natural arthritis meds'. Particularly for the spine and back. Any suggestions very helpful. Thank you... Nan

Nans, have been having very good results in keeping my male's lupus in check with the help of microLactin; you can get the veterinary formulation as Duralactin chewables, or you can just purchase the powder form sold for human use by Swanson vitamins [used to be able to buy it in bulk, but it's damn near impossible to find microLactin in any form that isn't mixed with other supplements in recent years; Swanson is the only place I've found to date where I can still buy the plain powder]. Aside from the anti-inflammatory effect, one study suggested the milk-protein derived product seemed to also have some efficacy in regulating autoimmune response; all I can say is that when I lost my previous source for the product and ran out of it, his lupus did break through and was slow to resolve until a few weeks after I got him back on it. Worth a shot for your boy...

Thank you. I will look into that. Nan

OK: Ordered MIcroLactin from Swanson's; did you know the MicroLactin double strength is on sale for $14.99+ship. Thought that was a reasonable price due to the fact that other sites were twice as much. Think I might try it myself.

Hexe: if you get this how did you figure the number of pills or milligrams for your boy?? Or was it a trial for a while and if they seemed better, add a bit more later...

Not sure if it is going to work on my boy as it is a milk product but I am going to give it a try and seems very non toxic even if overdosed.

Thank you Hexe for the recommendation. Also ordered him some gereactric vitamins; will take it easy on those but thought it time to help support all areas of good health. We will see.

Thx Nan

I got this recipe from a holistic vet and a good friend of mine who treated all her dogs holistically (if that did not work then she did use western medicine).

Make an Epsom Salt solution and store it in a glass jar with a lid.  I added two drops each of therapeutic grade organic essentials oils of: Frankincense, Lavender, Myrrh, and one drop of Mellaluca.  I dab it on their lick granuloma and on any hot spots, amazing how fast it decreases the red and yuckiness.  My dogs smell the mix and will whine until I put it on their owees. 

I have also had success with using essential oils for lick granulomas. You can pm me if you are interested in getting essential oils at a reasonable price; my mom has wholesale accounts with two different essential oil companies and I am pretty sure she would be willing to let you have the essential oils at wholesale price (she is really nice and never charges people retail).