Parasitic dermatitis refers to fleas or various mites and their bites that turn into itchy welts on a dog's skin. Most dog owners are familiar with fleas, they are dark colored, are in fact wingless and are very small in size (but big enough to be seen with the naked eye).
Your dog can get fleas from other animals, as fleas jump from one thing to the other, or simply through the environment. Flea bites cause severe itching and for dog's allergic to fleas, the itching is severe and can cause the loss of fur, swelling and skin infections. For dog's hypersensitive to fleas, they can experience full body itching from only one flee bite.
How do you know if your dog has fleas? Simply do a physical check. Look at your dog's skin and if they have fleas, you will see the flees moving across the surface of the skin. Be sure to look on your dog's belly and legs. Also check for flea feces.
Other common mites include ticks, chiggers, gnats, cheyletiella mites (walking dandruff), deer flies, sarcoptic mites (scabies, red mange:create pruritus, swollen skin, scabs, alopecia), demodex mites (Mange: most common in young dogs or adult dogs who are malnutritioned or have weak immune systems. Common symptoms include alopecia)
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