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Shortie is a 10 year old male Sharpei who came to us in mid-March for an acupuncture consultation of his markedly enlarged right hock which was first seen in 1999. His regular veterinarian had diagnosed by biopsy that this joint was not cancerous, but was due to bacterial infection of the bone (osteomyelitis) and inflammation of the tissues over the bone (panosteitis).

In addition, he had a chronic skin infection (pyoderma) which required that he take an antibiotic. He had been on this antibiotic for several years and each time his guardian took him off this antibiotic, his skin would break out in oozing sores between the toes and all over the body spots.

Most recently he had lost a lot of weight and was not regaining any of it despite heroic efforts on the part of his guardians to feed him properly. An extensive diagnostic workup of this weight loss problem lead to the diagnosis of an eosinophilic enteritis, and further tests lead to the discovery of a mass in his abdomen that was partially obstructing his small intestine. His guardian was anxious to avoid surgery, so it was never diagnosed specifically as to what sort of mass is there.

Shortie - Immune System in a Sharpei