Common clinical allergies in dogs are: food allergies and drug allergies. Generally manifested as acute or chronic skin and gastrointestinal diseases, or one of both. There is no seasonal incidence. Dogs of all ages and breeds can occur, and dogs under 1 year old tend to occur more often.
1, common allergic symptoms in dogs.
1. Constantly itchy body
Symptoms of skin allergies: Dogs' bodies will be itchy. Their itchy places are usually in their nose, belly, toes, etc. They will constantly scratch their bodies, and may see erythema on their belly, hair falls off, epidermis or ulcers or even more serious skin symptoms.
Skin allergies may also cause symptoms of redness, swelling and inflammation of the lips, eyelids, and conjunctiva.
2. Causes shortness of breath
Respiratory allergic reaction: Dogs will experience shortness of breath, sneezing, coughing, easily feel anxious, and their emotions will become unstable.
3. Diarrhea and abdominal pain
Gastrointestinal allergic symptoms: mainly water diarrhea and vomiting after eating, mild inflammation of the intestine, severe hemorrhagic colitis, and bloody stools.
2, Coping with allergies in dogs
1. Reduce allergies with allergies to a small extent. A slightly desensitized injection can be given, while severe allergies may directly threaten the life safety of the dog. Severe allergic symptoms or allergies caused by drugs or other allergies must be treated as soon as possible.
For symptoms of skin allergies, you can use medicinal bath lotion such as Minfukang. Performing a medicinal bath on your pet can effectively reduce the symptoms of their reaction.
2. Check allergens and isolate
Basically, all dogs have their own allergens. It is very important to check which ingredient causes allergies to dogs. Elimination methods can be used in terms of food. If it is impossible to test which ingredient is causing pets to allergize, veterinarians may design allergen tests for dogs, or allergen tests, which many hospitals have been able to do. After finding allergic sources for dogs, the owner should try not to let the dogs touch these things, so as to avoid allergic reactions to the greatest extent.