Tag Archives: cellulitis

Hotpacking Technique For Dogs And Cats

 Hotpacking is a means of using heat, usually moist heat, to enhance healing of a wound, swelling, sprain, abscess or other disease process in the body. Hotpacking provides warmth, which increases blood flow in the area experiencing the additional warmth. Increased blood flow brings with it higher levels of immune system factors as well as [...]

Cat Bite Abscesses

You’ve heard it said that a dog’s mouth is cleaner than a human’s. Even without microbiological tests I would question that statement simply on the basis of some of the things I’ve seen dogs lick! Cats’ mouths, on the other hand, are second only to reptiles for producing horrible infections when they bite. Cat bite [...]