How to treat dog skin diseases

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Sarah Johnson

Healthcare Technology Correspondent

How to treat dog skin diseases

Common skin diseases in dogs include: fleas, fungi, mites, eczema, pyoderma, seborrheic dermatitis, allergic dermatitis, etc.

lice

Cause of illness: not cleaning in time

Prone parts: all possible

Symptoms and characteristics: Pulling away the coat: you can see the small black spots (feces) and small white spots (eggs) left by fleas on the pet

Treatment method: topical spray or lotion

Product recommended spray

Less than 30 fleas, St. Louis flea spray, ticks

Drops: If the number of fleas is less than 10, please be pampered by Chongshuang, Dafa, Fulien, etc.

Fungi

Causes of illness

 (1) The main reason is that the hair is not blow-dried

 (2) Pets are malnourished and have weak resistance

(3) Body surface abrasions, contact with sick dogs and contaminated equipment

(4) It is easy to get wounds on the body surface

Susceptible parts: the top of the head, around the mouth, and limbs are generally common.

Symptom characteristics

 (1) The affected area is generally oval or round, with clear boundaries with healthy skin

 (2) If there are scabs, they are easy to peel off. After peeling off, the skin will be smooth and the skin will not thicken. Instead, it will form a large area of ​​ringworm spots (such as honeycombs) and the itching will not be strong

 (3) May cause local odor

 (4) It may be tiny skin flakes, like scales

Treatment methods:

A light spray or liniment will suffice

Severe external use + oral administration + bathing + taking immunity-enhancing health care products, you can also consider hospital injections

Product recommendations

Liniment: 886, you can get skin ointment, soothing liniment, 8in1 skin ointment

Spray: 887, St. Louis fungus spray, Pitfen spray, Olinji fungus spray

Drops: Vic Aile Drops repair skin

Oral: Antefen is taken orally and can be used to treat skin diseases

Lotion: Fungigram, Vicpaioji

Health products: V Ba Vitamin Enzyme Powder, Bell Nutrients Beauty Hair Extract

Mites

Cause of illness: humid environment, unhygienic environment, or contact with sick dogs and other pathogens

Susceptible areas: eyes, ears, bridge of nose, chest, and then develops to trunk and limbs

Symptom characteristics

(1) The affected area has no regular shape, mostly small bumps, and the boundary with healthy skin is not very obvious, and the area is generally large and wide.

 (2) The skin of the affected area thickens, forming folds, bleeding, and liquid secretions

 (3) produces severe itching in the affected area

 (4) Will not cause odor

 (5) Relatively large dander or scabs, as big as human dander

(6) Half of the hair on the affected area is broken, and the chest area is more common

Treatment methods

A light spray or liniment will suffice

Severe external use + oral administration + bathing + taking immunity-enhancing health care products, you can also consider hospital injections

Product recommendations

Liniment: 886, Kede Skin Cream, Golden Shield Mite Killing Cream

Spray: 887, St. Louis Anti-Mite Spray, Olinji Anti-Mite Spray

Drops: Vic Aile Drops repair skin

Orally administered: skin medicine can be obtained

Lotions: Mite Easy 150, Mite Kill 200, Saibaan

Health products: V Ba Vitamin Enzyme Powder, Bell Nutrients Beauty Hair Extract

Eczema

Cause of illness: infection from external environment

Symptom characteristics: Many small red spots and erythema, which will erode after being scratched

Treatment method: topical + oral administration with other antibiotics

Product recommendation: Medicated bath shampoo (Vic Seborrhea Stop improves seborrheic dermatitis) + other hospital recommended drugs

Pyoderma

Cause of disease: invasion of trichocystis cyst

Symptom characteristics:

 (1) Pustular rash, small pustules and purulent discharge appear on the skin

(2) Severe hair loss, fishy smell, and pus

Treatment method: topical + oral administration with other antibiotics

Product recommendation: Medicated Bath Shampoo (VicAcuity improves superficial pyoderma + Vicpaiyuduo improves deep pyoderma) for topical + oral use with other antibiotics for treatment
Seborrheic dermatitis

Cause of illness:

 (1)Heritage

 (2)Endocrine disorders

 (3) Nutritional deficiency

 (4)Skin infection

Symptom characteristics:

 (1) There are gray-white or silver dry scales scattered in the coat, and the hair loss is light

 (2) The skin and hair at the base of the tail with developed sebaceous glands contain a large amount of oil or have yellowish-brown oil patches attached

 (3) Itching, scales and severe hair loss in the affected area, appearing in large pieces or flakes

(4) Affected areas are more common on the back, auricles, dorsum of the tail, lower chest, elbows, hocks, etc. Due to itching and biting, the affected areas will expand and the lesions will worsen.

Treatment method: spray + lotion + auxiliary treatment (drops or oral)

Product recommendation: Medicated Bath Shampoo (Vic Seborrhea Stop ImprovementSeborrheic dermatitis) + other hospital recommended drugs

Atopic dermatitis

Cause of illness: Allergy to certain external substances, including food

Symptom characteristics:

 (1) Food allergy or drug allergy usually results in swollen mouth or eyes

 (2) The surface is skin edema, papules, and erythema

(3) Excessive licking, biting, scratching, etc.

Treatment method: Stop allergic food contact lotion + spray (avoid allergens)

Product recommendation: Medicated bath shampoo (Vic Aramé improves allergic dermatitis and relieves itching)

PS: If possible, everyone should try to send their pet to a pet hospital for treatment. After all, the pet doctor will prescribe the right medicine, which is better for the dog!