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treating stomatitis in cats

Tootsie

My cat has stomatitis. We were treating it with steroid injections until she developed DKA. Since then, we have not been treating the stomatitis. When she was first diagnosed with stomatitis she did have some teeth extracted. But, no medicine for the stomatitis in over a year now. The vet mentioned laser therapy but I do not with to spend that much money at this point. Is there something that she could take with the diabetes? Should she be taking something? It just seems like to me before she developed DKA, it was like we HAD to treat the stomatitis. And then now nothing. I am just kind of puzzled by that.

• Veteran Advisor Helen Fines says:

  January 26th, 2008 at 09:52 PM

  I think it would be that the DKA is a serious and potentially fatal thing which has to supercede the stomatitis if the 2 treatments conflict. It doesn't negate the validity of treating the stomatitis because this is a condition which can cause distress and be progressive. There are few options unfortunately which don't conflict, and it sounds like your vet has explored the options with you, which are imperfect unfortunately. With this problem you have to aim for best case scenario management of her mouth while keeping on top of the diabetes which has much more potential for harm. It's a bit of a balancing act but it sounds like you are doing pretty well with it. Best of luck with your continued choices..

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