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Article: Pet allergies
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 18, 2008
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PERHAPS ONE of the most frequent things I treat everyday are
allergies.
Allergies in pets cause uncontrollable itching (pruritis) and
often manifests itself as sores on the body.
There are many causes of itching, including allergies, bacterial
infections, ringworm, fungal infections, mites and other parasites,
and hormonal conditions.
Allergy is a state of hypersensitivity in which exposure to
normally harmless substances known as allergens induce the body's
immune system to overreact.
There are several kinds of allergies in animals.
The most common is flea allergy dermatitis. This allergy occurs
due to hypersensitivity to fleas.
Flea saliva causes an allergic reaction that causes ...