Common types of dog skin diseases

Dog skin diseases are divided into: mites, fungi, eczema, pustules, fleas, and seborrheic dermatitis based on symptoms and pathogens.

Treatment of common mite diseases in dogs (Scabies and Demodex)

Scabies is mainly caused by the damp and unhygienic environment where dogs often live, or by being infected by other sick dogs. Scabies mites usually start on the dog's head, nose, eyes, and ears. The skin with scabies mites is flushed at first. The dog often scratches or bites the affected area, which then causes hair loss and skin ulceration, leading to bacterial infection and scabies. Scabs, pustules, ulcers, etc.

Demodex is divided into desquamative and pustular types:

Desquamative Demodex tends to grow on the head and front of the dog's body. The affected area has sparse hair, flushed skin and chaff. The pustule-type Demodex mites usually grow in places with sparse hair such as the neck, chest, lower abdomen, inner thighs, etc. There are small rice-shaped pustules that can squeeze out pus and After the lymph fluid and pus scab fall off, ulcers form, the itching is obvious, and the dog exudes an unpleasant odor.

Recommended medicines (for reference only, please follow your doctor’s advice):

1. Xiaopet EHD Mite Cleansing Spray
2. Elgin Mite Spray
3. Paite Angel Mite Kangning Cream
4. Jindun Anti-inflammatory and Mite Removing Cream (main effect)

Treatment of common fungal skin diseases in dogs

Usually due to the lack of hair on dogs It is caused by blow drying, wounds on the dog's body, contact with sick dogs and contaminated equipment. Dogs with weak immunity and malnutrition are also prone to fungal skin diseases.

The difference between fungal skin diseases and mites:

1. The affected areas of fungal skin diseases are generally oval or round, with clear boundaries with healthy skin; the affected areas of mites have no regular shape, The boundary with healthy skin is not very clear.
2. The surface of the fungal affected area is generally covered with loose and dry light gray scabs, which are easy to peel off. After peeling, the skin will be smooth. After a long time, a large area of ​​ringworm will form. The skin will not thicken, but the skin of the affected area will thicken due to mites. , forming wrinkles.
3. Fungal skin scabs form small abscesses due to secondary bacterial infection under the skin. After removing the scabs, the damaged skin appears honeycomb-like with many seepage holes. After the mites' skin forms small nodules, they turn into blisters. After breaking, a yellow oily viscous substance will ooze out. After drying, a fish scale scab will form. After the scab is removed, the skin will be bright red, moist and bleeding.
4. Fungal itching is not strong, but mite-affected areas produce severe itching. Clinically, most mites and fungi present mixed infections.

Recommended medicines (for reference only, please follow your doctor’s advice):

1. Jindun Pitfen
2. Paote Angel Duoju Kang Ointment
3. Jindun Anti-inflammatory and Mite-Removing Ointment (auxiliary effect)

Common eczema treatment for dogs

1. Dogs have skin injuries such as papules, erythema, scabs, blisters, and rotten skin, as well as symptoms of heat, pain, and itching.
2. During an acute attack, the affected area appears as punctate or erythematous eczema with different shapes, and the dog's body is itchy. Different symptoms such as papule stage, vesicular stage, pustular stage, and erosion stage appear subsequently. During the pustular and erosion stages, the skin has an unusual odor. Scratching and rubbing the dog's skin due to itching can aggravate the inflammation.
3. If not treated in time, the condition will turn into chronic symptoms. The skin on the dog's back or limbs is thickened, desquamated, pigmented, the coat is rough and inverted, and the itching intensifies. The disease relapses, sometimes delaying for several years.

Recommended medicines (for reference only, please follow your doctor’s advice):

1. Xin Chong Zhi Kang Special Effect Eczema Spirit
2. Elgin Thick Skin Eczema Spray

Common Pyoderma Treatment in Dogs

Mainly due to the invasion of hair follicles into the dog's skin, canine distemper, scabies, demodex, folliculitis and eczema can all cause pyoderma. During the onset, pustular rashes, small abscesses and purulent discharge appear on the skin of the affected area.

Recommended medicines (for reference only, please follow your doctor’s advice):

Pat Angel Duojucon Ointment k

Treatment of common lice and fleas in dogs

It is mainly caused by not washing the dog in time. If you peel back the dog hair, you can find small black spots (feces) and small white spots (eggs) left by fleas.

Recommended medicines (for reference only, please follow your doctor’s advice):

Topical drops such as Fulin, Big Love, Bayer Ai Walker and others.

Common seborrheic dermatitis treatment in dogs

Usually due to environmental factors of high temperature and low humidity, as well as insufficient cleaning and grooming of the dog's body surface, it is accompanied by external parasites in dogs.
When the dog is sick, the coat is dry, dull, scaly, crusted, greasy, and smelly, etc., between the toes, perineum, face, armpits, ventral side of the neck, under the abdomen, and skin folds The disease is often severe. Itching ranges from mild to severe, and otitis externa is common. Secondary infections of the skin and ears with bacteria, Malassezia, are common.

Anti-seborrhea bath solution (Vic medicated bath)