A thin 10-year-old poodle X has chronic skin disease and open pyometra
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2015-11-03

A thin 10-year-old not spayed female poodle X came in for skin disease in the ears, neck, face and body. The infection had gone on for many years, leading to black hyperpigmentation of the skin. Now the challenge is to reverse the process. Blood test shows nothing abnormal except for low creatinine levels.

The dog will be clipped bald and treated with antibiotics and reviewed. The owner was reluctant to spay the dog as she is very old but spaying resolves the problem of pus in the womb (open pyometra) which exists in this poodle X..   

Sticky yellow pus on the consultation table showed that this old female dog had pyometra. Spaying will improve her health if the skin diseases can be cured. 

Many busy young Singaporeans do not send their skin-diseased dogs for vet treatment. Take time off to get the skin disease treated before it is in an advanced form as in this case.