Hi Hennie,
I see little sense at WIki on this topic.
A granuloma can look like a growth but is made more like scab tissue. Cats are very prone to granulomas made either using eosinophils (a type of white blood cell associated with allergic or foreign body responses) usually produced on skin areas, especially around the chin, lips etc - or using neutrophils (neutrophilic granulomas, a rare type of granuloma except in cats and ferrets, internally).
The usual culprit for eosinophilic granulomas is a plastic food or water bowl, as it gets scratched and food gets into the scratches, grows microbes, and the cat picks up microbes that are foreign protein. New food containers help mild cases, also are needed in chronic ones.
Some of these eosinophilic granulomas can be especially difficult to get right and are called "rodent ulcer".
MOST of them respond well to snake remedies (and removal of maintaining cause) - Lachesis and others selected on individual basis - maybe 80% respond to one or other snake remedy IMO.
On the neck and near the tail, eosinophilic granulomas tend to be scattered and small, and caused by flea saliva allergy - and such cats need to be converted to flea free indoor environment to get rid of the cause. Those are not as predictable as to best remedy - very individual.
Also check the food for allergens and feline toxins to avoid:
(examples: soy, plant protein, wheat, herbs, vegetables, fruits, plant oils/fats, bioflavonoids, plant antioxidants, none of which belong in cat food).
AND check for presence of essentials cats need supplied in food
(examples: animal fat for arachidonic acid that cats can't make enough of, taurine in all canned foods, as canning destroys it and cats cannot make it)
Namaste,
Irene
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