Using Iodine and DMSO on a cat?

[Guest guest]

I have been reading with great interest about using iodine with animals.

My cat has had a skin condition for 11 years. In that time half a dozen vets and

I have attempted to find a way to heal her, but so far only steroids help, and

she has begun to have unacceptable reactions to them.

What happens is that she licks herself bloody, over and over again. Right now

she is concentrating on a spot on her back, but there have been times when she

had raw patches all over her body. I have had her tested for a variety of skin

conditions, I have fed her a selection of healthy diets, and on and on. Nothing

helps. It doesn't help that I am now living on a fixed income.

The only thing I can do (beside steroid injections) is to keep her in an

e-collar. It's not the answer, but it does prevent her from licking herself raw.

A friend who is a dog breeder is now suggesting that she might have thyroid

issues. I can't see the connection, but I am willing to investigate this as a

possibility. Would it be feasible to give her powdered iodoral, maybe mixing it

with water? Has anyone any idea of how much to give a ten lb cat?

Every now and then I ask, figuring with all the knowledge there is on this list,

perhaps someone will have an idea...

Thanks, Dianne

[Guest guest]

Dianne,

Have you tried fish oil like salmon oil, sea vegetables and fish diet?

Minimize sunlight from 10:00 am to 4 pm, keeping cat in the house during

those hours. Maybe enzymes spayed on the skin or paws, and also for

ingestion.

Sharlene

[Guest guest]

Dianne, I think all these things sound like they may have

potential, coconut oil really improves my skin, fish oil has got to be good.

But my maintenance diet of iodine is 1mg per kilo, so one quarter tab of

idorol should do the trick, lugols liquid might be easier, but they are the

same, just diff form.

david lubbock tx

[Guest guest]

First thing I think of with skin issues

or ears in a dog or cat is allergies.

Could be to food, or an

environmental exposure. There are so

many, but

for an example, the dry clean carpet

chemicals,

nonoxynol or BAC, Benzyl alkonium chloride,

is a terrible skin irritant, found out

after having

a reaction personally to a spermicidal

jelly, ouch!

Also used in carpet cleaning and as a

preservative.

Dogs and cats react to allergens through

their

skin and mucous membranse (ears swell and

start incubating yeast so you may think

it is mites

or a yeasty ear infection, when it is

actually

an allergy). Could even be to pollens or

grass.

Janet R. , MA

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> I have been reading with great interest

> about using iodine with animals.

>

> My cat has had a skin condition for 11

> years. In that time half a dozen vets

> and I have attempted to find a way to

> heal her, but so far only steroids help,

> and she has begun to have unacceptable

> reactions to them.

>

> What happens is that she licks herself

> bloody, over and over again. Right now

> she is concentrating on a spot on her

> back, but there have been times when she

> had raw patches all over her body. I

> have had her tested for a variety of

> skin conditions, I have fed her a

> selection of healthy diets, and on and

> on. Nothing helps. It doesn't help that

> I am now living on a fixed income.

>

> The only thing I can do (beside steroid

> injections) is to keep her in an

> e-collar. It's not the answer, but it

> does prevent her from licking herself raw.

>

> A friend who is a dog breeder is now

> suggesting that she might have thyroid

> issues. I can't see the connection, but

> I am willing to investigate this as a

> possibility. Would it be feasible to

> give her powdered iodoral, maybe mixing

> it with water? Has anyone any idea of

> how much to give a ten lb cat?

>

> Every now and then I ask, figuring with

> all the knowledge there is on this list,

> perhaps someone will have an idea...

>

> Thanks, Dianne

>

>