Liz Buchanan BVSc MRCVS
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Hello - there isn't much context here to go on and despite having logged in on a proper computer, the picture still looks a bit blurred, so it's even harder than usual to tell what's going on. For me, such lesions split into two - the painful or itchy, and the non-painful, non-itchy. The first group includes wounds caused by trauma, for example burns, bite wounds or repetative weight-bearing on an bad surface; by itchy parasites e.g. fleas or mites; by foreign bodies e.g. grass-seeds; by self-trauma e.g. in response to pain in an underlying joint or muscle, or as a result of an allergy. Whatever the cause, self-trauma will make it worse. The second group includes cancers, ringworm, loss of nerve supply and viral or other systemic problems. To make life more complex, with cats, there is a fair amount of overlap between the two groups. e.g. Some instirnically non-itchy / non painful things can be itchy or painful for secondary reasons e.g. the area is walked on. Some painful lesions are not licked - or certainly not in the owners' presence. Lameness and licking can be good clues.
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