The Derm Vet Podcast

We asked, you answered! Food allergy can be complicated and there so many different opinions out there. So, I invited fellow dermatologist and frequent guest on the podcast Dr. Julia Miller to discuss! Dr. Miller is a boarded dermatologist practicing in Louisville, KY. Listen as we take a practical approach regarding when to do a diet trial, what diet to use and how to work WITH (rather than AGAINST) your clients when working up a food allergy on this week's episode of The Derm Vet podcast!

00:00 Intro
01:41 What food do you start with for food allergies?
05:01 Considerations between a young dog vs older dog
07:11 Concerns about corn allergies?
12:04 Preventatives
16:16 Length of time for diet trials?
19:28 Deciphering between both food and environmental allergies
26:33 Diet Challenges
29:51 Outro

Today's DDD (Down & Dirty Derm) goes over skin scrapings. When do you perform a deep scrape vs. a superficial scrape? And, what about tricky areas like the periocular region? We will go over these simple questions and how to appropriately position your light and condenser to enhance your ability of finding those pesky mites!

Since owners are having a hard time getting into their general veterinarian, there is an increase amount of dermatologic patients trying presenting to the emergency veterinary clinic. This can be acute moist dermatitis (“hot spots”), otitis and general allergic itch. Dr. Nell Dalton, DVM (WestVet in Boise, ID) discuss this in this podcast episode. She communicates with owners that life-threatening emergencies take precedent, but she tries to accommodate dermatology patients as much as she can. Knowing these pets and clients are having their quality of life affected by the itch, lesions, etc. This may include collecting diagnostics and phoning the owner later with results or arranging a drop off appointment where the pet can stay in the clinic until time allows.

On this episode, I discuss the four common flare factors for allergic pets. If a dog becomes itchy despite the use of an effective antipruritic, we want to assure a flare factor isn’t complicating things before switching our allergy management. Listen in to see if you agree with these flare factors!

I get it! There is so much to cover in general practice that referring your patients to a dermatologist can feel daunting. I want to help! Here are the top 6 mistakes I see before cases are referred. It doesn't mean you are doing anything wrong... these are just simple things that can be fixed to have less frustrated clients.
TIMESTAMPS
Intro 00:00
They're Not On Flea Control (Mistake #1) 01:30
Not Explaining A Diet Trial (Mistake #2) 04:58
Giving Up On Quality Allergy Medications (Mistake #3) 07:00
Thinking Everything Is Allergies (Mistake #4) 09:18
Pet Owners Not Understanding The Intentions Of Allergy Testing (Mistake #5) 11:42
Waiting Too Long (Mistake #6) 14:02
Outro 15:46