hello, I wrote earlier in the week as my dog has kennel cough,

I have noticed that his hair is falling out of the tip of his nose and he
keeps rubbing/scratching it with his paws.

Today, i was giving it a bit of a scratch for him, when I noticed he has
all these little lumps that appear to be under the skin on his nose. They
could just be where he has irritated it from scratching it himself, but
has anyone any idea what this might be, the lumps dont seem to be of even
size, and he isnt scratching them a lot, I just wondered what it might be.
Any ideas anyone?
Dollymarie

On Sun, 03 Apr 2005 10:23:56 -0400, "dollymarie"
wrote:

Today, i was giving it a bit of a scratch for him, when I noticed he has
all these little lumps that appear to be under the skin on his nose. They
could just be where he has irritated it from scratching it himself, but
has anyone any idea what this might be, the lumps dont seem to be of even
size, and he isnt scratching them a lot, I just wondered what it might be.
Any ideas anyone?

only a vet will be able to diagnose and treat the problem. what
you're describing could be any number of things; however, it sounds
like a form of pemphigus, which is an autoimmune disorder.

http://www.vetinfo.com/dpemph.html

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"dollymarie" wrote in message
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I have noticed that his hair is falling out of the tip of his nose and he
keeps rubbing/scratching it with his paws.

Today, i was giving it a bit of a scratch for him, when I noticed he has
all these little lumps that appear to be under the skin on his nose. They
could just be where he has irritated it from scratching it himself, but
has anyone any idea what this might be, the lumps dont seem to be of even
size, and he isnt scratching them a lot

........hard to know. Could just be something like a contact allergy -
something he physically stuck his nose in that he reacted to. Or something
like mange. I'd just keep an eye on him for a couple of days and keep notes
on what is happening. If it's getting worse I'd head for the vet.

Hope it's nothing

buglady
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