Dogs have a set of diseases which symptoms is cold, for example, an allergy or various tumors. The way of treatment of cold depends on the concrete reason of its emergence. Before starting treatment, it is necessary to establish the exact diagnosis of a disease.
DiagnosisCold at a dog can signal about a serious disease. To establish the diagnosis and to start treatment, it is necessary to carry out the analysis of allocations from a nose. If allocations are transparent, perhaps, at nasal pass there is a foreign subject, such allocations can also testify to an allergy. If allocations are rather dense, most likely, at a dog a respiratory infection.
Treatment at an allergyThe allergy to pollen of plants, dust, chemicals, etc. is the most common cause of cold at dogs. As well as people, dogs are often subject to such indispositions. As additional confirmation of an allergy allocations from eyes, frequent sneezing and cough, an itch of skin can serve. To start treatment of cold in that case, it is necessary to establish, first of all, precisely allergen and not to allow to it a dog. At an allergy the veterinarians often appoint antihistaminic medicines, for example, chlorfeniramin or Dimedrol. Before applying any medicines, consult with the veterinarian, their efficiency depends on a specific case and the dog.
In some cases the veterinarian can register corticosteroid medicines.
Treatment at an infectionIf the viral infection (cold) is the reason of cold what point yellow and dense allocations from a nose to, treatment by antibiotics is necessary. Dogs can have a fungal infection, virus and bacterial. Depending on its concrete look any given medicines are applied.
In the presence of purulent allocations the diagnosis a distemper can be made. This deadly disease demanding immediate treatment. He can also be treated antibiotics, but, perhaps, also other methods, for example, infusional therapy will be necessary. Pink color of allocations from a nose indicates a fungal infection. It difficult responds to treatment since breeds very quickly. However use of anti-fungicides can help to get rid of a disease.
The course of treatment of viral diseases lasts about 2 weeks, fungal – month and more.
Foreign objectsA strong indication of the fact that the foreign subject got into a nose of a dog is allocation only from one nostril. Besides, bleedings from a nose can demonstrate injuries of airways. Try to take a subject independently, for example, by means of tweezers. If it is not possible to make it, address the veterinarian.
Surgical interventionIf cold at a dog is chronic and does not respond to treatment, most likely she has a tumor or polyps. In that case the only way of treatment is surgery.