Skin and Allergy Treatment

Allergies (also known as inhalant allergies or atopy) vary a great deal in both their severity and age of onset. Depending on what they are allergic to, some dogs and cats have seasonal allergies while others are itchy all year long. Allergy treatment generally takes the form of some combination of the following:

• Treatment of secondary yeast and/or bacterial infections

• Medicated baths with soothing leave on conditioners

• Anti-itch sprays

• Antihistamines and special fatty acid formulations

• Allergy shots (hypo sensitization injection), if necessary short term, low dose steroids to control inflammation

• High quality, skin supportive diet

• Regular Flea and Tick preventative