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What Causes Hot Spots on Dogs?

By on Monday, March 7th, 2011 | No Comments

Hot Spots are infected areas on a dog where the normal skin bacteria have taken over the immune resistance of the dog, causing painful, itchy sores. Hot Spots are medically known as Pyotraumatic Dermatitis. It’s obvious that the term “Hot Spot” is an easier name to remember and it sounds like it looks–roundish sores that ooze pus, swell, lose hair, smell terribly, and make your dog lick, bite and scratch fiercely to the point of self-mutilation.

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Dog First Aid – Hot spots

By on Saturday, January 8th, 2011 | No Comments

Moist eczema or acute moist dermatitis is commonly known as hot spots. These circular lesions are commonly found on the head, face, side of the hip and chest. As the name suggests, hot spots are circular inflamed and raw patches of skin that are itchy and painful. Licking and chewing are natural behaviors of dogs thus anything that causes them pain and discomfort will be constantly worried by the mouth and tongue. Because of the itch, a flea bitten skin will be continuously licked and gnawed by the dog. A coin sized mild abrasion can speedily turn into inches wide troublesome itchy sore that has a smelly pus discharge in a matter of hours because of the dog’s self mutilation. Pyotraumatic dermatitis is the other name for hot spot purportedly given because this skin infection is worsened by the dog’s self mutilation.

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