Shamrock's poor skin condition

Cheryl wrote in on 29 Dec
2003:

I'm looking for something good about cats to take to my cat's vet so I
can get a dosage. The chlortrimaton should be here tomorrow.



Karen, this article is interesting, too.

http://www.newmanveterinary.com/Skin2.html
"Substitute a different sensation for pruritis e.g cold/ice, or heat for
extended duration (play "mindgames" with the brain..by confusing it!)"
hhmmmm....
Wonder if he'd let me apply ice? Worth a try.

According to this he needs to be past the breakout, first:

2. Systemic

Antihistamines:

Remember, histamine was one of the mediators listed for pruritis;
antihistamines prevent the release of histamine from the stimulated source
cells or the binding of histamine to a site that, in turn results in the
release of histamine. Hence anti-histamines work best before the histamine
release has been triggered (i.e as a preventative)



--
Cheryl

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