My dog may or may not have an auto-immune disease which I’ve been treating with prednisone for over a year. I’ve been weening the dosage down for the past couple months and I’m prepared, against my vets advice, to take him off of it entirely.
My Questions: If the symptoms we were treating DO return what type of specialist would be best equipped to diagnose a mystery disease that’s presumed to be auto-immune? Secondly, are there better alternatives to treating an auto-immune disease? I’m especially interested in finding a treatment that would be compatible with the use of an NSAIDs like Rymadil, which prednisone most certainly is not.
OK, those are my core question but below I’ll list all of the details of Camden’s mystery disease. It’s long so feel free to skip it. However, if you DO read it all and anything jumps out at you or raises a red flag please let me know. I’m not anticipating anyone will be able to diagnose his “mystery disease” through the forums but I’ll take all the feedback, ideas, suggestions or personal experience you guys can offer. Thanks!