Allergy
* biting on their paws
* scratching on more places on their body, they have itches everywhere
* they grate with their head alongside everything
* repetitive inflammation of the ear
* hearlost, bold spots, when they likking, the coat can disapear
* damaged skin, through scratching
How can a dog come in touch with substances, where they are allergic for?
* through breathing in, for example breath in from the pollen
* through eating of food, food allergy
* through having contact with anything, for example carpet. They can ly on it, but they can stand on it
moast common reactions are: gras, pollen of weeds, sudden cold, mineral firtilizer, home economics products, mite, antibiotics, flowers, plants and dermatics from human and animals
* through bites of insect
* through vaccination
How you can find out where you're dog is alleric to?
* allergy test
* remove substances in the envoirment of the dog, till you find out what the problem is
* wait for an reaction on the threatment
The cause of the swelling?
The cause of the swelling is a substance what made contact with the
dog. If the dog is allergic for this substance, the dog gets a
swelling. This spot becomes into a humidity under the skin of the dog. De
zwelling wordt veroorzaakt door een stofje die in contact komt met de
hond, als de hond allergisch is voor dit stofje krijgt de hond een
zwelling en daardoor ontstaat een vochtophoping onder de huid. It is
an hypersensitivity reaction.
Types of Allergy
Food Allergy
Food allergy is an hypersensitive
reacties. Moast of the time it are some parts in the food that causes
the allergic reaction with the dog. It is possible that a dog is
allergic for particular protein and developed a
hypersensitivity reaction.
Allergen
are admiddet in the blood. Allergen living in the bowels and they are
seen as a threat. A dog gets a defence reaction, moastly of the time
seen back in the skin. The consequence can be, vomitting, diarrhoea,
itching or swollen up. In the moast cases it are more of these
consequences at the time. A combination of diarrhoea, vomitting and
itching.
The problems start mostly a few hours after eating food, but can alos appear a few hours for eating the food. A foodallergy is not pro definition inborn. A food allergy can shape during the dogs life. It is also possible that if a dog has eaten whole his life the same food, he gets suddenly a food allergy. If a dogs gets allergic for one element in the food, he will stay whole his life allergic for that one element.
Foodallergy is one of the least common causes of itching, diahrea and vomiting. Roughly 1 on the 100 dogs have a foodallergy. It is important to rule out that the cause of the itching is, for example fleas or a flea-allergy. There are many other causes of foodallergy. Diahrea through rotten food. If you think it is a food allergy, the veterinarian can examen your dog.
Our first sheltie had once within seconds a swollen face, her eyes
were very thick and closed because of the swelling. Her cheek was 2 x
so thick. Her hairs on the back of the nose and around the eyes did
fell out. Not nice to see. The allergic reaction became of protein in
the food. She was already eaten not good. From other people I
did get to hear that I had Spoiled her with the food and I had to give
her the same food she always did get. Then she would not eat at all
anymore. I did hold on to the food, and then there was a morning she
did eat that food because she was very hungry and her face was swollen
all over!
On this moment I went to the petstore and I have let her choosen the
food. I had choosen some good foods and we let shari taste. She
smelled at every food and at the end she found some food that she
liked and what was good for her. She did have that food till she died.
With this story I want to say: Never doubt you're intuition, go after
you're feeling. If you think the food is not good for you're sheltie,
change the food!
After an vaccination in 2005, was Ylanie's head swollen a lot. She was allergic for one of the vaccinations.
Ylanie was a heallthy girl, never had any healthproblems before this vaccination. After the vaccination she is always sick. Diahrea, she could not hold on to her temperature, the one minute she was cold, the other minute she had fever. The diahrea was'nt to stop anymore also not with medication. She is been operated in March 2006, she did sterrilise her, because her uteres had cystes all over, also her pancreas was full with cystes. They left an half pancreas. After that the problems did seem to be gone. But an half year later, she had the same problems again, the diahrea would not stop. She has had a long time prednisolon to stop the symptoms, because nothing other helped. Now we have changed her food from Raw Meat to Raw Meat with fresh Pancreas, and it seems to be good for her. She has not often diahrea anymore.
Flowers/plants
An other cause of an allergic reaction can be, some flowers and plants,
if dogs contact them they get an allergic reaction.
Insectbites
Wasp or fly's can also give hypersensitivity reactions. If insects are
catched and land in the mouth of a dog, it can causes problems if the
insects bite the dog in his throat. The throat starts to swell and it
can swell so thick that the dog can suffocate. If you're dog swollowed
a insect please go to you're vet. And if a swelling is after a few
hours not over yet, please contact you're vet too.
A swelling from an allergic reacties is most of the time gone within a few hours. The swelling on the photos did stay for 2 days long.
Right after we saw her cheek swell we called the vet and she give her an injection to stop the swelling.
