How many types of pet skin diseases are there Is there a universal

medicine？

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I often see pet owners taking pictures of cat and dog skin diseases on certain software to ask how to treat them. After reading the content in detail, I found that most of them had undergone incorrect medication before, leading to the deterioration of the originally simple skin disease. I found a big problem, 99% of it depends on the pet owner asking how to treat it? But rarely ask people what skin disease it is? This is a very bad habit. How can one treat a disease without understanding what it is? I saw some “divine medicines” online, which almost treat all skin diseases. It’s like taking a medicine can treat colds, gastritis, fractures, and heart disease. Do you really believe there is such a medicine?

There are indeed many types of skin diseases and various treatment methods, but diagnosis is even more difficult than treatment. The difficulty in diagnosing skin diseases is that there is no accurate laboratory test to fully diagnose them. The more common way is not through skin tests, but through visual observation to narrow down the possible range. Skin tests are usually viewed through a microscope, so they are subject to the sampling site, doctor’s skills, and luck, so there may be many changes. Most hospitals even do not recognize the test results done by other hospitals, which is enough to illustrate how high the misdiagnosis rate may be. The most common microscopic examination result is cocci, but these bacteria are usually present on our body and in the surrounding environment. After most skin diseases are damaged, these bacteria will accelerate the proliferation of these areas, which does not prove that they are bacterial infections of skin diseases.

Many pet owners and even doctors intentionally or unintentionally overlook the appearance of skin diseases, not only because some skin diseases have similarities in appearance, but also because of lack of experience. The appearance differentiation of skin diseases is actually very large, which can be roughly divided into: red, white, or black? Is it a big bag or a small bag? Is it a lot of bags or just one bag? Is the skin bulging, swollen, or flat? Is the surface of the skin red or a normal flesh color? Is the surface cracked or the skin intact? Is the skin surface secreting mucus or bleeding, or is it similar to healthy skin? Is hair removed? Is it itching? Is it painful? Where does it grow? How long is the growth cycle of a diseased area? Different appearance changes in different cycles? When pet owners fill out all the above information, they can narrow down the range of hundreds of skin diseases to a few.

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1: Bacterial skin disease. Bacterial skin disease is the most common skin disease and a sequelae to various skin diseases, such as parasites, allergies, immune skin diseases, and fungal infections, which can lead to bacterial invasion of wounds and subsequent bacterial skin disease. Mainly caused by the proliferation of bacteria in the skin, superficial pyoderma is caused by bacterial invasion of the epidermis, hair follicles, and sweat glands, while deep pyoderma is caused by bacterial invasion of the dermis layer, mainly caused by Staphylococcus infection, with a few cases of pyogenic bacteria.

Bacterial skin diseases generally include: traumatic pyoderma, superficial pyoderma, pyocytosis, deep pyoderma, pyoderma, dermatodermis, interdigital pyoderma, mucosal pyoderma, subcutaneous pyoderma. Most of the skin is red, broken, bleeding, purulent, and depilated, with little swelling, and a small portion may have papules.

2: Fungal skin disease. Fungal skin diseases are also the most common skin diseases, mainly including two types: dermatophytes and Malassezia. The former is an infection of hair, skin, and stratum corneum caused by fungal hyphae, and there are also microsporidia and Trichophyton. Malassezia infection can directly damage hair follicles, causing damage, scabbing, and severe itching. In addition to the two common superficial infections mentioned above, there is also a deep fungal infection called Cryptococcus, which can damage pets’ skin, lungs, digestive tract, etc., as well as Candida that invades the skin, mucosa, heart, lungs, and kidneys.

Most fungal skin diseases are zoonotic diseases, including Malassezia, candidiasis, dermatophytosis, coenzyme disease, cryptococcosis, sporotrichosis, etc. Most skin may experience hair loss, redness or non redness, rupture or non rupture, itching or non itching, no swelling or bleeding in most cases, and a small number of severe cases may ulcerate.

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3: Parasitic skin diseases. Parasitic skin diseases are very common and easy to treat, mainly due to pet owners not taking timely extracorporeal deworming prevention measures. They are transmitted through outdoor activities and contact with other animals, grass, and trees. Extracorporeal parasites mainly suck blood on the surface of the skin, causing anemia and emaciation.

Parasitic skin diseases are also zoonotic diseases, mainly including ticks, Demodex mites, Mites, Ear mites, lice, fleas, mosquitoes, stable flies, etc. Most parasitic infections can clearly show insects or their excrement, with severe itching and swelling

4: Dermatitis, endocrine skin disease, immune system skin disease. This kind of disease is rare for each individual disease, but the total incidence rate is not low when put together. The first three diseases are mainly caused by external causes, and these diseases are basically caused by internal causes, so it is relatively difficult to treat them. Dermatitis is mostly caused by allergies, such as eczema, environmental irritation, food irritation, and parasitic irritation, which can cause skin allergies and immune system manifestations. Endocrine and immune system diseases are both difficult to treat internal diseases, and most of them cannot be completely eradicated. They can only be controlled through medication. Although laboratory tests are not difficult, they are expensive, and single tests often cost over 800-1000 yuan.

Dermatitis, endocrine, and immune system skin diseases are not contagious and are all internal to the pet’s body, mainly including allergic dermatitis, bite dermatitis, contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, eczema, pemphigus, granulomas, thyroid skin diseases, and adrenergic skin diseases. The symptoms are various, most of which include hair loss, red envelopes, ulceration, and itching.

In addition to the four common skin diseases mentioned above, there are relatively few pigmented skin diseases, congenital inherited skin diseases, viral skin diseases, keratinized sebaceous gland skin diseases, and various skin tumors. Do you think it’s possible to treat so many different types of skin diseases with one medication? Some companies mix various drugs together in order to make money, and then advertise that they can all be treated, but most of them have no therapeutic effect. Some of the therapeutic drugs mentioned above may even conflict, which may lead to the disease becoming more serious. So when pets have suspected skin diseases, the first thing to ask is what kind of disease it is? Instead of how to treat it?