How to treat skin diseases of Chow Chow dogs

The treatment of skin diseases in Chow Chow dogs:

1. Parasitic diseases: The fur of the Chow Chow is thick. When treating skin diseases caused by parasites, bath the Chow Chow with sulfur soap first. Although it will damage the dog’s skin, it has an excellent deworming effect. Then spray some insect repellant on the place where the Chow has parasites.

2. Bacterial infection: The dark, humid and unhygienic living environment is the root cause of bacterial skin diseases in Chow Chows. In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to the ointment for eradicating bacteria in the affected area in time, and at the same time clean up the sanitation of the living environment of the Chow.

3. Sanitation and cleanliness: Keeping the Chow Chow's living environment dry and tidy is the fundamental way to prevent the Chow Chow from contracting skin diseases. Immediately clean the kennel after the Chow is infected with the skin disease. Firstly, it can prevent the Chow from recurring after healed, and secondly, it can reduce the risk of the Chow being infected again in the future.

Symptoms of skin diseases in Chow Chow dogs:

1. Parasitic skin diseases: no obvious itching, skin exudation, crusting, and formation of wrinkles. It mainly occurs on the head, around the eyelids and extremities. Scabies mites are characterized by severe itching and eczematous dermatitis, which mainly occur on the nape of the face, auricle and ventral side. Itchy ear mite is characterized by itching in the ear and a brown discharge in the pinna.

2. Fungal skin disease: It is characterized by scales, scabs, and round hair loss or hair breakage lesions on the skin. Mostly occurs on the head, feet and legs.

3. Bacterial skin disease: The location of the disease is uncertain, characterized by papules, impetigo, folliculitis, chapped skin and no itching; interdigital pyoderma occurs in dogs with pustules between the toes of one limb or four limbs.

4. Allergic skin diseases: can be divided into allergic dermatitis, urticaria, eczema, etc. It is characterized by skin itching, papules, and erythema, and in severe cases, skin thickening, lichenoid changes, and wrinkling occur, accompanied by pigmentation.

5. Seborrheic dermatosis: no pruritus, a large amount of off-white bran-like scales or yellow-brown greasy scales between the hairs, and skin pigmentation.