Lilly and Vulvitis - An autoimmune problem - Mucocutaneous (discoid) Lupus

[Charlie]

Poor, poor Lilly So sorry you have this worry. I really hope things improve for your lovely girl. Lots of and XXXX

 

[Stacia]

I am sorry, such a worry and concern for you, hope it can be resolved soon.

 

[SwampDonkey]

 

[Xena Dog Princess]

Hopefully this last round of treatment does the trick. Poor Lilly, she must be a bit uncomfortable.

 

[VanillaBean]

Hope Lilly improves and gets better soon.
Poor little girl

Have the vet asked or even mentioned to wipe her girly bits after each wee or even just in the morning and evening with baby wipes (unscented)? This I find with Vanilla will take the sting out and helps clear things up for her plus a cream. Vanilla had puppy vaginitis and this helped, plus cream which when I get home will get the name.
Just a thought

 

[M.F.]

You sound to matter-of-fact but I’m sure it must be very worrying. I hope you get to the bottom of it quickly.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Poor girl that it's still going on despite all your efforts. I really hope the latest treatments will do the trick as that's got to be very uncomfortable for her.

 

[Jacqui-S]

@M.F. my first thought was it was something nasty so I am kind of over that hurdle.
@VanillaBean wipes haven't been mentioned. The suggestion was Vaseline or Sudocrem as a barrier against urine burn. She doesn't much like the antibiotic and steroid cream bit the Vaseline seems less nippy to put on.

Thanks all of you.
First dose of steroids done. Straight down the hatch x

 

[Cath]

Sudocrem

Wonderful stuff

 

[Granca]

Just catching up on this - poor Lilly. I hope the treatment works and it all clears up soon.

 

[Beanwood]

Poor Lilly! Hope the steroids work and give her skin a bit of time to heal. Second the Sudocrem, great stuff!

 

[kateincornwall]

Poor lamb ,and you too Jac , must be a worry , keeping fingers crossed that the steroids help xx

 

[edzbird]

Oh poor Lilly, this has been rumbling on. Fingers crossed she gets relief with the sudocrem & the vaseline while the steroids do their magic.

 

[Anne123]

To put on ointment or giving pills is always a struggle, no matter what is going on and where....It like with little children, they won’t understand!
I hope the treatment will help her and that it soon be healed!

 

[Jacqui-S]

I thought I would post an update as we were back at the vets for a review today.
About a week after we started the steroids Lilly's nose looked like this (which was slightly better!) -


We had a further 2 weeks of steroids taking 10mg a day the I cut down to 5mg a day about 5 days ago.
She is much better and her nose is almost healed.
The vet doesn't know the exact trigger for it and even with tests we probably won't know.
We are tailing off the steroids but we might need to restart or keep her on a low dose long term.
We are happy things are much better however and will just play it by ear.
Apparently it is common in middle aged dogs....not puppies or seniors. It can affect anywhere skin joins mucous membranes....vulva and nose are most common but also eyes, gums and anal area at times.
Steroids are the mainstay of treatment.
Lilly is her usual laid back deer chasing self so all is good with us.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Glad she's chasing deer again. XXX

 

[Granca]

It looks very unpleasant, so it's great that it's almost healed. Very frustrating, though, that you may not know what caused it.

Keep chasing those deer, Lilly!

 

[Joy]

I've never heard of this. Glad that she's getting better.

 

[Cath]

Oh Poor Lily. I have never heard of this either. Hope she is on the mend now

 

[kateincornwall]

Poor love , that nose looks so sore , glad that she is on the up and things are improving . Isnt it a damn good job that they are in ignorant bliss whilst we worry ourselves sick xxx