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[macula_densa]

I was close to speechless today when a man down in Mexico e-mailed me pics of this poor dog.

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[paulpomes]

I have a client dog that looks about the same. It got splashed with hydrochloric acid being rinsed off an air conditioner condenser. The solution was pretty weak but it sat on the skin overnight. Debride, antibiotics, tramadol, and wait for the granulation bed to stabilize is all I could do.

[macula_densa]

Well, that's pretty much what's being done for this guy.

HCl on a condenser? Huh? I didn't realize HCl had anything to do with air conditioners... o_O Why would there be HCl on an air conditioner condenser?????????

[paulpomes]

The HCl is a cleanser meant to remove oxidation and debris from the metal surface. It's sprayed on at a medium concentration during some types of repair visits, allowed to work, and then hosed off. HCl isn't present during normal operations.

[macula_densa]

Ah, that makes sense.

[paulpomes]

I went to Dermatology Rounds at the VSH and showed Dr Stokking my images of the dog. She added the differential of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which can spread under the skin in a the coalescing pattern observed.

[macula_densa]

Wait, you mean as a secondary infection or as the primary cause?