Woody's nose *biopsy results*

[Jen]

Edited 12/6/2010: Woody was eventually diagnosed with Discoid Lupus. You can find out more about the condition HERE.




I first posted about Woody's nose quite some time ago. At the time it appeared as if his nose was changing color but recently it looks like the black part of his nose is coming off

I've been taking pictures of his nose ever since I first noticed it changing and decided to post them. If anyone sees or hears about something similar happening with another dog's nose I would greatly appreciate it if you would post the info in this thread.

I did add a few photos of Teddy's nose for a comparison. Back in 2007 Teddy's nose started changing color but unlike Woody's nose, Teddy's was a blend of the two colors while the surface of his nose looked the same.

Woody is going to the vet on Monday.

Edited to add: I'll continue adding photos to this post during his treatment.








WOODY BROUGHT TO VET 1/22/09. I WAS TOLD IT WAS JUST CHANGING COLOR AND TO BRING HIM BACK IF IT SPREADS OFF HIS NOSE.






















THE PHOTOS BELOW ARE ALL TAKEN DURING TREATMENT.







TINACTIN STARTED DECEMBER 16, 2009.











































TINACTIN STOPPED JANUARY 17, 2010. 3 DAYS SHORT OF 5 WEEKS.















































































WOODY DIAGNOSED 2/8/10 WITH DISCOID LUPUS



THE PHOTO BELOW WAS TAKEN AFTER SCAB AND SUTURES WERE REMOVED.







TREATMENT FOR DISCOID LUPUS BEGAN 2/11/10.

[Gypsy]

You know my mom has two chis who have had this happen. One has a full pink stripe up her nose and the other has a little pink. She also has a few with just pink noses but they are naturally that way. I am not sure why it happens exactly but I have noticed in the last year or so that Cosette has a little bit of pink in and on herr nose too. I don't think in general it's a problem unless there is something medical going on, but asking the vet would probably be a good idea.

I found this link on it when looking it up:

www.professorshouse.com/pets/dogs/why-is-dogs-nose-turning-pink.aspx

Let us know what the vet says about it.

[Jen]

Thanks Gypsy I'll let you know what the vet says

Edited to add: Here are some photos of Teddy's nose changing color. Quite different from what happened to Woody.

[Jaynie]

Will be interested to hear what they say Jen as you know Tysons nose has now turned pink!

[Lin]

Yes! I will be curious. What time today?

[Jen]

Just got back from the vet. Hopefully Woody only has a fungal infection on his nose. The vet is culturing the sample she took from his nose. If he has a high count it could show up in 48 hours but she normally lets it grow for three weeks. She prescribed an oral and topic anti fungal medication that he'll taken for about three weeks. If he doesn't respond and based on what the culture shows the next step is to take a larger sample from his nose and biopsy it.

She did mention that another cause could be an auto immune disease. What leads me to believe that it isn't this is the fact that you could see the spot starting a year ago and he doesn't have any other symptoms of the auto immune diseases she mentioned.

She thought the photos were very helpful so I'm really glad I brought them

[Tricia]

I'm glad you took him in, and hopefully it's just an infection!! Keep us posted for sure!

[Jaynie]

Glad Woodys being sorted

Maybe i should mention it to my vet :/ tysons nose is pretty much pink now it started off black

[Jen]

Jayne Tyson's nose looks like Teddy's. His nose started off black as well and is now a reddish pink color. Changes like that can be totally normal. Woody's is different. His color never seemed right to me which is what I told my vet months ago when I first brought him in for this. You can also see in the photos that Woody's nose has sections missing but Teddy's doesn't.

[Jaynie]

Ah i see what you mean yes Tysons is like teddys really