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Old December 6th, 2010, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MaxaLisa View Post
It could also be Masticatory Myositis (sp?), rarely tetanus.
That's a definite possibility. Here's a link:

http://www.ehow.com/list_6308965_can...-symptoms.html

There's often other symptoms which can accompany it such as vomiting water/food directly after eating/drinking, but not always. The trouble swallowing and slack jaw are the 2 most prominent symptoms. Another is the wasting of muscle in the jaw and around the eyes (they have a sunken look). One of the vets we saw thought our puppy had it and wanted to do a muscle biopsy on his skull to confirm. Thankfully, we waited for the specialist to get back to us before we allowed anything to be done. His turned out to be muscle damage from prednisone use (pred head). I don't know that the white cell count would be raised, but I could be wrong


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