SPECIES: Cat
BREED: European
SEX: neutered male
AGE: 10 years
NAME: Diesel
Clinical case
- Brought to the clinic due to chronic gingivostomatitis unresponsive to drugs.
- Drooling, loss of appetite, in particular, inability to take in wet food;
- Positive leishmaniasis: allopurinol
Therapy
- NSAIDs for the first 5 days
- MLS® Laser Therapy: “Gingivitis-stomatitis” program in point-to-point mode with Ø 0.8 cm lens.
Treatment frequency:- three times a week for the first week
- twice a week for two weeks
- once a week for three weeks
- Suggested maintenance therapy
Rapid resolution of pain after the first week with great improvement in inflammation.
By Dr Annalisa Previti, Veterinary Clinic Dr Annalisa Previti, Villafranca Tirrena (Messina) - Italy