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Allergies
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Skin diseases account for a high proportion of visits to Vets. The most common canine
skin disease is Atopic Dermatitis which is caused by allergic reaction to inhaled
allergens such as pollen, mould spores, house dust mites, chemicals on carpets and
air fresheners -
Most cases are mild and
cause minor irritation but dermatitis can cause significant long term suffering with
symptoms like itching (pruritus as the Vets call it) causing scratching, inflamed
skin, and fur loss. Atopy is more common in certain breeds, with small breed dogs
most commonly affected.
House Dust Mite allergy is a reaction to the proteins in minute particles of dried dust mite faeces deposited on fabrics and surfaces. Even when house dust mites are killed by insecticide sprays the cause of this allergy remains behind.
Food allergies are not all that common even though some vets believe that certain ingredients such as wheat, beef, chicken and soya are responsible for up to 20% of cases of skin allergies in dogs. Having said that there is no doubt that they do occur, and some owners feed hypoallergenic food as a precaution.
Contact allergies, such as those caused by washing powders, grass and so on, are even less common than food allergies, but do need to be considered in dogs which have unusual patterns of allergies, such as redness only on the belly that has appeared just after their bed has been washed for example.
Sytematic elimination of suspected allergens by veterinary tests followed by observation, during which dogs may suffer for long periods, is usually the only way to identify the culprit. But often no culprit is found.
