Many dogs experience itchy skin, and most pet owners think it can be solved with a bath, but it’s not as simple as we think. What is itching? Itching is a condition in which an uncomfortable sensation (itchiness) occurs on your dog’s skin, causing an urge to scratch, rub, or pick at the skin. Itching is a symptom and not a disease. General symptoms of itching: 1. frequent scratching intense itching, frequent scratching, occasionally see gnawing the affected area. 2. skin scratching phenomenon repeated scratching parts of the hair loss, skin scratching, or skin blackening, thickening. 3. constantly licking the coat constantly licking the coat, resulting in hair discoloration. Allergic dermatitis is often transformed into chronic dermatitis, even if the dog appears to have improved, in most cases will recur. What causes dogs to always itch? The main ones are the following. Cause analysis 1, allergies in the exclusion of other causes, based on the whole body solid rash lumps, itching can be a preliminary diagnosis, the need for drug treatment. 2, environmental factors hot and humid, wet and cold, dry, changeable climate can directly or indirectly cause itching. For example, dogs with fireplaces in winter often have dry fur (should), excessive dander and itching, etc. Dogs kept on concrete floors will also itch from time to time because their elbows are often in contact with the ground. Appropriate improvement of the environment will help to improve. 3, food factors fatty acids, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients lack, often accompanied by varying degrees of itching. Therefore, choose a nutritionally balanced dog food, appropriate vitamins and fatty acids for dogs is also beneficial. 4, neurological disorders this category of sick dogs may be related to the central nervous system disorders, such as pseudorabies and rabies dogs are such cases. 5, disease caused by many medical diseases, such as jaundice, tumors, diabetes and uremia are often accompanied by itching of the skin. Parasite transfer to the skin can also cause itching. In the discovery of dogs with itchy skin problems, all pet owners should promptly give the dog treatment to return it to a healthy body. Preventive treatment 1. keep hygiene to keep your dog clean is most important, it can play a role in preventing itching. Bathing 3-4 times a month in summer, 1-2 times a month in winter. Reduce the accumulation of allergens in the fur between triggering allergies. 2. bath water don’t be too hot to the dog’s bath water is not too hot (39 ℃ – 42 ℃), can be cooler, because the dog’s skin is very sensitive, the temperature is high when it will be easier to stimulate. 3. less exposure to allergens to reduce the dog and allergens contact opportunities, such as: often stay outside, more easily exposed to dust. 4. supplement fatty acids increase the dog’s Fatty acid supplements – linoleic acid, OMEGA 3 and OMEGA 6 unsaturated fatty acids, strengthen the immunity of the dog’s skin. 5, sunshine dog itching hair loss, do not mistake it for the weather, it may be allergies, bacteria or parasites caused by skin diseases, appropriate to take the dog out to exercise it, ultraviolet light 6. Take prescription food such as dogs belonging to the allergic body, it is recommended to take long-term prescription food to strengthen the dog’s skin barrier, accelerate the skin healing ability! If left to scratch for a long time can cause local infection. Note that once the dog is found to have skin disease, the dog must immediately wash and expose the dog’s daily utensils and bedding, the floor cleaning, disinfection if necessary.
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