Pet allergies
The symptoms, causes and treatments of pets allergies are more or less similar to humans. There are four kinds of pet allergies which are commonly found. They are:
Airborne: This kind of allergy occurs due to grass, tree and weed pollen; mold, dust mites and mildew.
Fleas: Flea allergy is the most common allergy found in cats and dogs and is caused by flea bites. It is a very irritated disease. It inclined to the development of skin infections.
Food allergy: allergies are most commonly found in the food that your pet eats. This also includes reaction of medicines.
Contact allergy: these are the most commonly caused allergies by pets. These occur when contacted with plants, especially oily ones which will stick to the animal's fur, newsprint, carpet, carpet fresheners, household cleaners, and plain old dust.
Causes and symptoms for Dogs allergy and cats allergy
The main causes of dogs and cats allergies are contact, flea, bacteria’s and inhalant.
Contact allergy:
It is a kind of allergy which is rarely found in cats and dogs. They are the outcome of the skin reaction. If the cat or dog is allergic to a substance there will be itching and irritation at the place if contact. However this problem is solved by the removal of that irritant.
Symptoms of contact allergy:
- Itching, particularly in that area where less fur is present. Common place that includes are ear, chin, toes etc.
- Wounds of any kind, like redness, blisters, vesicles and rashes.
- Skin swelling or inflammation.
- Coagulating of the skin.
Inhalant allergy:
This kind of allergy is caused by breathing dust mites, pollen, moulds and other allergens in the environment.
Symptoms of inhalant allergies
- Ear, head & throat pruritus.
- Shabby lesions, Facial crusty
- Hair loss
- Crusty rashes near neck, head and back.
Flea allergies:
It is a very common type of cats and dogs allergies. Just one bite of flea is capable enough to activate an allergic reaction. The best treatment of flea allergy is to keep your pets away from fleas.
Symptoms of flea allergies are
- Scratching and itching
- Licking fur specially the tail and thighs.
Food allergy:
Animals create allergic reactions to the meals they have taken for a long time. Some of very common reasons of food allergy are beef, eggs, wheat, milk and fish.
Symptoms of food allergies are:
- Hair loss
- Vomiting
- Swelling and infection of ears
- Itching
Treatment of pet allergies.
In addition to particular therapies for each kind of allergy, the vet may suggest the following skin therapies to give your hypersensitive dog comfort during his most scratchy times:
- Shampoo: frequent showering with an herbal shampoo removes debris, pollens, and other allergens from the skin and coat of your pets. The vet may recommend a medicated shampoo that contains some anti-inflammatory.
- Antibiotics: Your veterinarian may recommend the use of anti-yeast medications and oral antibiotics to treat these infections.
- Anti-inflammatory allergy medication: some inflammatory allergy medication may be recommended as they intensely block the sensitive reaction in maximum cases. These medications gives almost immediate aid from severe itching and skin irritation associated with almost all types of allergy.
You can also use some herbal medicine for reducing the symptoms of allergies.one of the effective drug for these symptoms is the Anti-Allergy Calming Chamomile Tablets. The main element in these drugs is the Chamomile plant extract. This tablet helps your pet in the following ways:
- It can be used for both cats and dogs.
- It gives relief from Inflamed Gastric Ulcer and Irritated stomach.
- It is widely used to relieve gastrointestinal disorders and skin irritations.
- It acts as an anxiolytic and mild sedative.
- Decreases anxiety in pets helps in causing sleep and calm nerves.
Its healing properties such as anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, sedative, antispasmodic and antibacterial helps in healing while the antifungal property will give you calmness and relief.
Things you can do at home to minimize pet allergies
- Try to reduce the exposure of your pets to the supposed allergens.
- Feed your pet with top quality diet with appropriate pet products to make sure they have no nutritional inadequacies.
- Feed your pet a pet complement with fat to offer valuable anti-inflammatory qualities and increase the excellent of their coat and skin.
- Use glass or stainless steel feeding dishes and wash them regularly.
- Brush your pet’s hair coat frequently to spread the sebum and prevent pads that can further annoy scratchy skin.
- Apply a ointment in hot places or places where the epidermis is damaged
- Use flea prevention consistently as hypersensitive animals are generally even more delicate than normal animals to flea.
- Wash your pet’s bed linen with hypo-allergenic soap in hot water.
