Eczema is the inflammatory disease affecting skin blankets. The disease is considered hard to cure. Self-treatment can lead to deterioration in a condition of an animal. Therefore at emergence of the first symptoms it is recommended to carry a cat to the veterinarian who on the basis of a number of analyses will be able to make the exact diagnosis and to develop the individual scheme of treatment.
Instruction
1. Eczema can wear a chronic or sharp uniform. Chronic eczema, as a rule, is dry. Old animals are especially inclined to it. The sharp form of a disease usually is followed by the becoming wet allocations. Are subject to it, generally cats at the age of 1-2 years.
2. Usually the disease goes through several stages: reddening of certain sites of skin, formation of consolidations and bubbles, emergence of gnoynichok and the becoming wet surfaces, formation of scabs. Any form of eczema can be followed by a severe itch, loss of weight and feverish states.
3. The causes of eczema can be divided conditionally into external and internal. Carry unbalanced food, obesity, chronic diseases, an old age, hereditary predisposition, digestion problems to internal. Stings of insects, frequent washing or, on the contrary, insufficient care for skin of a cat, mechanical damages can be external irritants.
4. Try to balance animal food. If necessary reduce consumption of meat, increase a share of vegetable and dairy products. Enter polyvitamins into a diet.
5. Treatment of eczema includes as the general, and local therapy. At the first symptoms of eczema it is recommended to give to an animal antihistaminic medicine - for example, tavegil or Dimedrol. When performing the general therapy, sedative medicines - caffeine, bromine or others, as a rule, are applied. For acceleration of a conclusion of toxic products use urotropin and furosemide. If communication of eczema with other diseases is revealed, it is necessary to carry out at the same time and their treatment.
6. Before applying medical ointments or solutions, it is necessary to remove accurately wool from affected areas of skin. Process a surface of 70% alcohol. It is not recommended to apply water at purification of leather extremely.
7. If on skin crusts already appeared, accurately process them peroxide of hydrogen and remove by means of tweezers. In hard cases it is necessary to impose salicylic ointment. In quality antiseptics it is possible to apply iodine tincture, ethyl alcohol, tar, sulfailamida, antibiotics. It is in certain cases recommended to use hydrokortizonovy or prednizolonovy ointment.
8. There are also "national" ways of treatment of a disease. At the "becoming wet" eczema it is recommended to apply compresses from broths of oak bark, a camomile and hollyhock. For healing of wounds use aloe juice, sea-buckthorn oil or vitamin A.