I. What is dog folliculitis?
As the name suggests, the dog’s hair follicles are inflamed, usually due to endocrine disorders, excessive secretion of sebaceous glands and blockage of the hair follicles, followed by bacterial infection, which promotes swelling and inflammation of the hair follicles.
From a scientific point of view, hair follicle inflammation is a kind of resistance reaction of the body to bacteria to solve bacterial infection. The dog’s body will repair itself through a series of reactions. If the repair is successful, the basic Pet owners will not find this problem. When we find folliculitis in dogs, it means that the intervention of drugs is needed to solve the folliculitis in dogs, otherwise the folliculitis in dogs may further deteriorate into severe pyoderma.
Second, is dog folliculitis contagious to humans?
If the dog has simple folliculitis, it will not be transmitted to humans, but if the pustules caused by folliculitis are severely ruptured, it will cause fungal and bacterial infections such as Canis vulgaris. Then there is a risk of infecting people, but as long as you reduce contact, wear gloves when applying medicine to dogs, and wash your hands in time after applying medicine, then the possibility of infection is very small, after all, folliculitis is not like parasitic infection Skin diseases like eczema and eczema are so contagious that isolation is not necessary.
But if there is more than one dog in the house, or there are other small animals such as cats, then it may be necessary to isolate for a period of time, but do not isolate for a long time all day long, you need to let the dog out to play for a while every day, Avoid negative emotions such as depression and stress.
Third, how to treat dog folliculitis?
1. If the dog’s folliculitis symptoms are relatively mild, the pet owner can use a clean cotton swab dipped in diluted alcohol to gently wipe off the black spots on it. At the same time, because alcohol has a disinfecting effect , also disinfects the inflamed part of the skin. Erythromycin ointment is then applied to reddened skin, or Finoen Skin Spray and Bartudine Diluted Chlorhexidine Gluconate Solution can be used to further sterilize and promote skin repair.
2. Regularly use Fuanjian shower gel to cleanse the whole body. Good medicine to go back to the medicated bath.
3. The dog’s daily diet should try to avoid greasy food, feed more light, nutritious and digestible things, eat more vegetables and fruits, increase vitamins, and keep the dog’s stool smooth.
