My dog has head cancer. How can I safely reduce facial swelling?

It does look more cyst-like, but we never can tell for sure just by looking. If it's swelling and bleeding, then I think it's time to take it off. This type of tumor can likely be removed with light sedation and local anesthesia (numbing the area where it will be cut) - this would be favorable considering Dustin's other health problems. After removing it, the vet can inspect it and send to the lab if necessary in order to find out exactly what this is. It may help with identifying the nasal tumor if this hasn't been done. I hope that helps and Dustin gets better soon.

Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. You can try and place a cold compress on the area for 2-3 minutes several times a day to see if this helps and lightly massage the area to see if this gets the swelling down. You can also try an anti-inflammatory for dogs, which can be found at your local pet store. I would recommend Well and Good Buffered Aspirin, which can be found at PetCo. If there is no improvement or the swelling increases, I would recommend having Lilly examined by a veterinarian so that the most appropriate diagnostic and treatment recommendations can be made. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

Hi there and thank you for using Pet Coach! From the pictures you have provided, I would suspect this to be a skin tumor. It looks to be benign and similar to what we call a sebaceous adenoma. It may have been much smaller previously and if it was bumped or traumatized may have grown in size due to inflammation. If this is bleeding and does not go down in size, I would suggest having it removed. Many of these can be frozen off with cryo treatment that many vet clinics provide as a service. I would have this looked at by your veterinarian to discuss having it removed. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions. I am also available via consultation if needed.

I am so sorry to hear about Chyna. Your vet may have some recommendations for palliative care for Chyna, which might include a steroid such as prednisone to shrink the size of the tumor (unfortunately this is usually a temporary effect so won't last forever). This may help with the bleeding. Other medications they may consider could include a drug called Cerenia which can sometimes decrease inflammation and help with sneezing in some cases. To help with bleeding the vet may recommend nasal drops with neosynephrine which may help constrict blood vessels, or a chinese herb called Yunnan Baiyao which can help with bleeding problems.

The sores and skin issues could be due to skin parasites, allergies or a skin infection. I am very concerned about the appearance of Neji’s skull - if the swelling is firm then I would be worried about a tumor. Soft swelling could be a sign of an infection or a tumor. I would recommend seeing a veterinarian right away for a physical exam.

Unfortunately surgery is not an option in this case, Prednisolone (a steroid) often can help reducing the swelling temporarily, if he is already on this medication (not chemo) and it does not have any effect, you should consider euthanasia.

This depends on the underlying cause of the welling. In some cases water tablets/diuretics may help but I would be concerned with her history that there may be a physical mass which is putting pressure on the draining blood vessels and lymphatics preventing the fluid from moving out her abdomen and legs in which case this will not respond to medical treatment and euthanasia would be strongly advised before clots or severe infection develops in the swollen tissue