My cat has a skin disease and has a large area of hair removal. What should I do?

Cat skin diseases can be roughly divided into three types:

? 1.？ Flea allergic dermatitis: As the name implies, a small red pimple appears on the wound after being bitten by a flea, and a wound appears after being scratched by a cat because of itching. Sometimes, the wound will be complicated by mold and bacterial infection, which will make the focus area bigger and bigger.

2. Scabies: This is a kind of scabies, which begins to parasitize the ears, then attacks the head and then the whole body. When this insect eats animal dander tissue, it will cause intense itching, so when you find that the kitten keeps scratching its ears and shaking its head, it will attract attention, and even scabies, ulcers and pustules have occurred ... Please don't continue.

3. money ringworm: cats under one year old are prone to money ringworm, which is a special kind of mold. The typical symptom is that the depilation area is irregular and round, mixed with scales and scars, and sometimes mixed with allergic papules. This kind of ringworm of money is contagious, so once found, it must be treated and controlled quickly.

Treatment of dermatosis in cats;

If a kitten has skin diseases, it should be thoroughly disinfected and its surface should be scrubbed or sprayed with 0.5% bleach. If you expose yourself to the sun for 5-6 hours every day for a week, the effect will be better, and it is best to expose yourself to the sun until the cat recovers. Because mold will survive in the form of spores, it will last about one week to ten days after the cat is effectively treated, and so will the disinfection of utensils, so as to avoid the chance of recurrence, otherwise the remaining mold spores can survive and lurk for 3 or 4 years.

About tinea felis:

1, griseofulvin should be used with caution, especially for kittens under one year old, because all oral fungicides are very harmful to the liver, which will cause liver dysfunction in cats in the future and leave the root cause. If the cat is not a large-scale tinea cat, don't take griseofulvin or other oral fungicides easily. Even if the cat suffers from severe tinea felis, it should be mashed or ground into powder when taking griseofulvin, fed with edible oil, and it is best to stop feeding every other day, even if it is taken for less than 2 weeks.

2. Cats' recovery from tinea is closely related to their own physique. Cats with good physical condition have a short recovery period, while cats with poor physical condition have a long recovery period, which may be very long (more than 2 months or longer). But in any case, the treatment should be patient. Don't abandon a cat just because it has ringworm, a large area of hair loss and looks ugly. Tinea is definitely not a fatal disease. Basically, it has little impact on the health of cats. Be patient.

3. After the cat suffers from tinea, besides clotrimazole and other topical drugs, it is very important to supplement nutrition and get more sunshine. During this period, it is necessary to strengthen the nutrition of cat food (for example, choose French royal cat food) and give cats the vitamin supplement "Ba Mi Bao" for animals (or crush the vitamin medicine used by children such as Xiao Er Shi Kang and mix it in a cat can, with the same effect, one pill a day). Supplementary drugs can be taken for a longer time, 3, 4 months or half a year, and even after the cat tinea is cured, you can continue to feed and strengthen your physique. Let the cat get as much sunshine as possible.

4. The environment at home should be disinfected frequently, especially the nests and mats where cats often sleep. The diluted disinfectant for pet environment should be sprayed every day, and the floor and furniture at home should be wiped every other day or the next, which can effectively prevent the spread of tinea felis.

The extensive depilation that has appeared on cats is of course a feature of severe tinea felis. In addition to applying topical drugs such as clotrimazole to these parts, we must also pay attention to finding out the new tinea versicolor in other parts of the cat in time. The practice is to carefully touch the cat's skin with both hands from beginning to end after applying the medicine to the cat every day. If your hand touches a hard pimple or protuberance, open your hair and look at it. You can find a small scab with a small amount of dander next to it, which is a new tinea cat. Don't forget to apply medicine to these parts. If these parts also develop into large-scale depilation, the treatment will be more difficult. Everyone knows that the sooner it is found, the easier it is to treat.

Cat tinea develops rapidly in cats, often growing from one piece to another. Therefore, it is necessary to apply the medicine around the ward to prevent the spread, and it is also necessary to cut the hair near the ward for the cat. Also, getting more sunshine is good for his skin.

Treat tinea felis:

Clean up the ringworm first and wipe off the dander. It is best to wipe off the hard scab, but it is not hard. It's not good if it's broken. Then cut off the ringworm hair, so that the medicine can penetrate into the skin more directly and prevent the spread of fungi.

Then apply the medicine, the scope of application is slightly larger than tinea, which can prevent the spread and inhibit a small amount of fungi that may have spread around.

If you stick to rubbing medicine every day, you will get good results in 2 weeks, and you will be all right in less than one month!

It should also be noted that damp, high temperature and unventilated environment is easy to breed fungi, so it will be better to make Mimi's environment dry and ventilated. In addition, Mimi's utensils should be disinfected frequently.

There are mainly two kinds of drugs: clotrimazole ointment and tinea medicine. The former is a paste, which is applied to ward to isolate oxygen, which is very effective for completely killing fungi. The latter is only for animals, and the effect is good.

Can dermatomycosis such as tinea felis infect people?

Dermatomycosis is a problem that every dog, mother and cat will encounter, so will children's dermatomycosis be transmitted to us? Let me explain it in detail.

At present, it is found that microsporum canis, Microsporum Gypsum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum Oddoun and Microsporum Proteus can cause skin diseases in dogs and cats, among which Microsporum Gypsum is the most common in microsporum canis, followed by Microsporum Gypsum.

First of all, microsporum canis, 70% of tinea in dogs and cats is caused by this fungus, which mainly forms a round scab on the skin. Although it is called microsporum canis, it can also infect cats, and it can get sick all year round. Microsporum canis mainly causes tinea capitis. Microsporum gypseum lives in soil and people are easily infected. The disease is acute and harmful. Sometimes it causes a large area of skin lesions, easy to be infected by bacteria, and local exudative suppuration, which can last for months or even years after chronic treatment. Microsporum Oddoun and Trichophyton mentagrophytes are generally transmitted from humans to dogs and cats, and dogs and cats are unlikely to be transmitted to humans. The former mainly causes tinea capitis in children, and the latter is the main pathogen of tinea pedis in the United States.

So how is the fungus infected? It is mainly caused by direct contact. In addition, contact with contaminated utensils, combs, scissors, cushions, etc. will also cause indirect infection. However, fungi, unlike bacterial viruses, are not contagious. Generally, when the body's resistance and immunity decline, it will be infected, such as a large number of hormones and some immune diseases. In addition, malnutrition, weakness or being in a hot and humid climate may also cause infection. So as long as their immunity is normal, they should pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness at ordinary times. After the child has a fungus, as long as he is careful not to get close to it, there is nothing to worry about. It is worth noting that after the cure of dermatomycosis, it is resistant to reinfection of the same dermatomycosis, which can last for one year or half a year, and some cats can last for two years. In addition, some mycoses are self-limited and can heal themselves without treatment.

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