Allergy to flea bites

Allergy to flea bites is a disease in which hypersensitivity (increased sensitivity) formed as an excessive response to the organism antigenic material present in the saliva Blech. For cats, the disease known as dermatitis or cat miliarni feline eczema.

This diagnosis occurs worldwide and represents the most common allergic skin disease of dogs and cats. Clinical signs of flea allergy in dogs and cats are the result of pruritus and self-harm. They can be varied in total depending on the degree of sensitivity, the size of flea invasion, stage of disease (acute, chronic) and the possible primary konkurentnim (atopy) or secondary (bacterial folliculitis - inflammation of the hair miskÅ³) disease.

Classic primary skin lesions in dogs and cats are small, itchy redness pupinky in place blesiho bite. Dermatitis (skin inflammation) in dogs is a typical localization in the dorsal bedrokrizove area, forming a typical triangle. Lesions are also seen in the thighs, abdomen, flanks and the neck, forearms and the root of the ear.In other action Blech acute primary lesions are rapidly being replaced by secondary symptoms such as chronic allergies combination, scratching and biting animal (redness, inflammation of the skin, partial or complete alopecia - hair loss hair). It is often also a secondary seborhea (maz skin), as a stinking rancid butter. Long-term duration of illness leads to the creation of heperkeratoznich changes rohovateni skin, its hrubnuti and rozryhovani and hyperpigmentation - increased amount of dye in the tissue. For cats, this is regarded as the most common allergy miliarni cause dermatitis. Miliarni skin begins to appear around the neck and back. Affected may be the surroundings of ears, abdomen, thigh area. Non-specific, ekzematozni changes in miliarni dermatitis is not caused directly blesim bite,but to systemic allergic skin reactions cats.

For zablesene cats rarely occurs in the apparent itch or scratch - often observes only excess olizovani (hair care). These nepriznacne (nesignifikantni) nosicky Blech can significantly influence the situation in households keeping more animals if neodblesi while all the animals.

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