Symptoms
The symptoms of mange vary depending on which type affects your dog.
Sarcoptic mange
- This type of mange is a skin condition that affects the hair follicles in your pet. This type of mange causes dogs to scratch in order to relieve the itching. This type of mange affects both humans and pets, including dogs, cats, and dogs.
- If your dog has been diagnosed with this type, a vet can treat it.
- Treatment involves medicated baths or oral medication for a few weeks. Treatment can take several months because of the intense itching and hair loss caused by sarcoptic dermatitis.
- Untreated, this condition can lead to bacterial infections of the skin that weaken the immune systems and cause other deadly complications.
- A biopsy or a microscopy of skin scrapings can help to diagnose the condition.
Scabies Mange
- The mange is characterized by intense itching, skin lesions, and other symptoms in animals such as mange, dog mange, and cat mange. Scabies mange is characterized by reddened, rough or scaly skin with small bumps. The female mites will also leave small burrows on the skin where they lay their eggs. If your dog has been diagnosed with scabies mange, a veterinarian can treat it.
Treatment
Mange treatment for dogs is available in many forms. Mange may not be a serious issue for pets but it can still cause them discomfort. This is why mange treatments are important. Mange is caused by mange mites. The type of skin disease that your dog has depends on this.
Genetic diseases are also contagious, as can be contracted through parasites and infections. If the mange infection is detected early, the symptoms can be treated. These mite infections can cause serious health problems, such as malnutrition or a compromised immune system.
To control mange, you must remove the mange by washing your dog thoroughly and shampooing. Mange can be removed physically with a mange mite-comb and treated to prevent further infection.
Treatment usually occurs at least three times a week, depending on the severity of symptoms.