Debunking Pet Care

  Affects on Pet and Owner Relationship: Poor quality of life to pets with allergy disease - Painful ears  - Renders relationship between owner and pet  - Worse physical function - Active disease - Fatigue  - Poor sleep  - Moody - Itching becomes very obvious Much later on you see kidney and liver failure. Do not assume all itchy pets are environmentally allergic there are other underlying etiologies. In a private practise there is no good diagnostic testing for food allergies and it is one of the main contributors to itch.  It's better to excel in the outcome vs. promote the entire resolve on a medication as some may not work or may cause other issues with long-term use for certain pets.  Follow-ups in veterinary dermatology is extremely important a lot of things come into play overtime even though it initially responded to that therapeutic regimen.  70% of diagnosis of skin disease is actually related to the historical evaluation...

 Common reasons for dietary trial failure and lack of response to antipruritic medication such as steroids, Janus Kinase Inhibitors and Cyclosporine:  - Ectoparasites e.g Sarcoptes, Demodex, Ringworm ( Microsporum canis, Trichophyton) - Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma When above possibilities have been ruled out, the most common in household pets is Malassezia dermatitis +/- hypersensitivity:  skin condition caused by the overgrowth of Malassezia pachydermatis , a yeast that normally resides on canine skin in low numbers. When the skin barrier or immune system is compromised, the yeast multiplies and causes inflammation. It often occurs alone or together with underlying hypersensitivity disorders such as: Food allergies- Owner s elf control of table foods and ruling out diet triggers Atopic dermatitis (environmental allergies)- Goes in hand with food allergies also requires nutrition management and ingredient elimination.  Flea allergy dermatitis - Ruled out if o...