Acute Rhinitis
Traumatic (Sharp or Blunt)
- Etio - Auto, Bullet, Bites, Kicks, F.B.
- Symp. - Epistaxis, sneezing, snorting
- Bony fractures
- Open mouth breathing deformity
- Dx - MDB, X-ray, Rhinoscopy, Exploratory
- Rx - Epistaxis - Sedation, confinement. Ice packs
- Gauge packing, Deformity -surgery
- FB - Removal, reverse flushing
Viral Rhinitis/Bact. Rhinitis
- Etio - viral CD, Adeno, Herpes, Reo, Influenza
- Bact.- Bordetella, Mycoplasma, Spirochetes
- Symp.- Fever, sneezing, nasal discharge, tracheitis, bronchitis, cough
- Dx. - MDB, symptoms, dried nasal secretions
- Rx. - TLC, remove dried secretions
- Instill 4-6 drops of broad spect. AB TID
- Phenylophrine 0.2% I/N TID
Chronic Rhinitis/Sinusitis
- Etio - Following acute, allegic
- Sec. bact. staph, strep, prote.
- Mycotic, - aspergillus, crypto,
- BP - Dolicocephalic, collie
- Parasitic - Linguatula serrata
- Pneumonyssys Caninum
- Symp - Sneezing, nasal discharge, U/B
- Smearing, conjestion, stertorous breathing
- Facial deformity
- Dx - MDB, x-ray, Rhinoscopy, Cytology, Culture
- Rx - Bact. - revelent AB
- Mycotic - Surgery, currettage, 1% lugols + 90 mg/lb, TDD, of 5-FC, QID for 3 m.
- Neoplasia - surgery and currettage, radiation
- Parasitic - Self limiting confine in a cage with a dichlorvos strip in it
- Carnassial tooth - Extraction, AB
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