Vaccines & Adverse Skin Reactions
sshawkins\";p=\"140537 said:
Thank you. I have been doing some research on this myself, because my dog has just finished his first round of vaccines and he has had a terrible time witih them. His experience is nothing like what you have included, but everytime he receives a vaccine, he has terrible yeast rashes all over his body. Just as we get them under control, it's time for a vaccine and they start again. Last week he had his 3rd round of shots on Tuesday and by Thursday his entire body was broken out. When I called the vet she said I believe it's the vaccines causing this. I don't think it's the vaccines as much as the attack on his inmature immune system; Rowdy was orphaned at 2 days old and was bottle fed. So he's had to build his immunity pretty much on his own, so it's not the best it could be. I'm working on that with fish oil supplements and a healthy diet, but I wish this information would have been disclosed to me upfront.
SShawkins,
Please contact me privately at
[email protected] and I'll send you more information on this to bring to your vet to discuss. In the meantime, please read the information below on an adverse skin reaction to vaccination.
Kris
Ischemic Dermatopathy / Cutaneous vasculitis
A little known and often misdiagnosed reaction to the rabies vaccine in dogs, this problem may develop near or over the vaccine administration site and around the vaccine material that was injected, or as a more widespread reaction. Symptoms include ulcers, scabs, darkening of the skin, lumps at the vaccine site, and scarring with loss of hair. In addition to the vaccination site, lesions most often develop on the ear flaps (pinnae), on the elbows and hocks, in the center of the footpads and on the face. Scarring may be permanent. Dogs do not usually seem ill, but may develop fever. Symptoms may show up within weeks of vaccination, or may take months to develop noticeably.
Dogs with active lesion development and / or widespread disease may be treated with pentoxyfylline, a drug that is useful in small vessel vasculitis, or tacrolimus, an ointment that will help suppress the inflammation in the affected areas.
Owners and veterinarians of dogs who have developed this type of reaction should review the vaccination protocol critically and try to reduce future vaccinations to the extent medically and legally possible. At the very least, vaccines from the same manufacturer should be avoided. It is also recommended that the location in which future vaccinations are administered should be changed to the rear leg, as far down on the leg as possible and should be given in the muscle rather than under the skin.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination_of_dogs
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A retrospective study of canine and feline cutaneous vasculitis
Patrick R. Nichols**Animal Allergy and Dermatology Center of Central Texas, 4434 Frontier Trail, Austin, Texas 78745, USA
Daniel O. Morris
