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- From: hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu (Helen C Crain)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats
- Subject: Re: strange hairless circles on cats
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 14:40:06 GMT
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- References: <1992Nov18.171350.4279@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- From article <1992Nov18.171350.4279@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, by daj8m@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Deirdre A. Johnson):
- >
- > My cat, Tuesday Molly, just developed a hairless patch like this.
- > I was a bit worried, so I took her to the Vet, who told me it might be
- > ringworm. I'm supposed to watch her for a week to see if the
- > hair starts growing back. If it doesn't, I'm supposed to go back
- > to the vet and get some medicine for her, which will get rid of
- > the problem. My vet told me it's liable to be ringworm if: 1. there
- > isn't any sign of redness or irritation, as there would be with
- > bugbites or skin disease. 2. the hair doesn't grow back. Evidently,
- > cats can get ringworm from each other, and can even give it to people
- > (though I don't think this is common). So it's good to treat it and
- > get rid of it if you can. Good luck! and let me know how you do.
- >
- My boys came from the breeder with ringworm, and had to be
- shaved to the skin!!!. Even tho it was spring/summer, they
- were cold. I cut up old socks to make sweaters for them. I
- still have those kitty sweaters and I can't believe they
- were ever that small.
-
- Re: human transmittion. My vet had me scared to death
- about that. Another vet said it is uncommon. I was at risk
- tho, because my immune system is dysfunctional. It might be
- better to keep suspect ringworm victims away from folks with
- impaired immune systems.
- --
- Helen C. Crain hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu
- UWMilwaukee Nursing Wisconsin, USA
- "There is more of good nature than good sense at the
- bottom of most marriages" HD Thoreau
-