Sunday, September 25, 2011

Dog Allergies Treatment 101: Knowing the Types of Dog Allergy

By Jennifer Gretson


The best way to find out which dog allergies treatment would fit your dog starts from understanding the different types of allergies that they could experience. This way, even if you should provide practical relief for your dog, you would know that the said relief would work.

Flea allergies are probably the most popular type of allergy. Fleas are what lice or mosquitoes are to men. What fleas do is that they bite the skin of the dog so they can suck out some blood. But what the dog is very allergic to is the saliva that that bite gets to leave behind. So just imagine what would happen if a flea who can lay up to 600 eggs are not eliminated off your dog's coat.

Atopy is a dog inhalant allergy which is similar to the common allergy experienced by people. This happens when an allergen mixes in with the air the dogs breathe. The most common among them are cigarette smoke, fabrics, cleaning products, and of course dust mites.

To be able to prevent atopy, you would need to detect the allergen around the home. If you know that your dog has been okay prior to the existence of a particular type of item in the home, then you would have to get rid of that. You should also be wary during spring and fall because these are the seasons when pollens are likely to get mixed in with the air.

The vet may be able to give you some temporary relief which your dog can benefit on. But as a rule, you should also make sure that you keep your home clean so that aside from preventing pollens and other unwanted smells, you also avoid the proliferation of dust mites in the air.

Food allergies are also typical among dogs. 15% of the reported cases for dog allergies treatment is actually from food allergy.

Because dogs are not capable of saying how they feel, finding dog allergy treatments would depend not just on the case but also on the symptoms that your canine exhibits. The skin is the most telling area that could alert you if your dog is currently experiencing an allergy. It would appear to be moist and red, with scabs. Dogs who also scratch too much to the point of wounding themselves may be suffering from an allergy-fleas most likely.

Dogs suffering from food allergy need to be more closely monitored. Usual symptoms may include vomiting as well as diarrhea. If your dog also begins to snore while taking a nap or sleeping for a long period of time, that may be because it has already developed an inflamed throat. In that case, they might have a food allergy which requires the right dog allergies treatment.




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