Dr. Lera Clone explains how immunotherapy treats dog allergies using allergy testing and gradual allergen exposure. Rio, a French bulldog, is having a seasonal flare despite treatment. Results typically show within two to three months, though full effectiveness takes up to a year, and flares may still need steroids or antibiotics.
Questions this video answers
French bulldog.
Up to a year.
Within two to three months (speaker said she would double-check this).
They shave a spot and inject small amounts of allergens (skin testing/checkerboard-style).
Steroids, antibiotics, ear drops, or other allergy medications.
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Morning, guys. This is Dr. Lehrer at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital. Today I'm here with Rio. Rio is a French bulldog. And so Rio's coming in because he is having a couple of different issues. First, he is having an allergy flare up. We suspect that he has seasonal allergies. And so when you're doing immunotherapy, which he is doing immunotherapy, immunotherapy is based on either doing some sort of tic tac toe testing. I don't know if you've ever seen that on any of your family members or friends or online or. What they do is they shave a spot on dogs. On humans, they'll just go ahead and put kind of like a checkers lining, and they will inject little amounts of allergens into them to see what they're allergic to. Once they figure out what they're allergic to, they will make up this concoction, the different things he's allergic to. And the reason that they make it is so they present it to the body. So that way the body will go ahead and realize that it's not supposed to be having an allergic reaction or overreaction to that particular thing. With immunotherapy, it's something that can take up to a year before you can say it works or it doesn't work. And a lot of the times we will start to see a difference from what I can remember within two to three months. I'll double check that for you guys, and if it's not accurate, I'll put it in the comment section of what the actual number is when doing the immunotherapy. And even when they are well managed, there may come points where they are not well managed or they're flaring and their allergies are maybe getting worse. And so they will potentially need some sort of treatment in that time frame, whether it's steroids, antibiotics, ear drops, something, some sort of allergy medication to manage that. Okay. Other than that, as of right now, now that's pretty much it for Rio. If you guys have any questions regarding what's going on with your dogs allergies or your cat's allergies, and whether or not they should be getting meds or they shouldn't be getting meds, just let me know in the comment box. I'll be more than happy to respond. If you found this video helpful, please subscribe, thumbs up and share with others. Thanks a lot for watching and have a great day.
