Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Dog Mange May Be Transfered To Careless Humans

Due to the itching, dogs will frequently get a
secondary bacterial skin infection. Signs of skin
infection are crusting sores and warm, reddened
skin. As the disease progresses, the skin will
become thickened, lymph nodes will swell and the
dog will lose weight. Untreated severe cases can
cause death. Scabies is diagnosed through
examination of the physical symptoms.

very easy as elimination of the sources will
elimination of new infections in humans.

When a dog is diagnosed with scabies, the dog's
hair is cut so that the treatment will be
effective.

Primary care treatment is the use of acaricidal
dips. The dog should be dipped in solutions of
lime-sulfur, malathion or Paramita once a week,
for two weeks.

After the disappearance of the symptoms,
treatment should continue for at least three
weeks.

and treatments should be extended for three weeks
after it appears that the disease has been
iradicated. Injections of ivermectin has been
used off-label (not intended for use in dogs) of
treatment.

Another option is to use the Amitraz dip once a
week for three treatments. Other dogs in the
house should be treated the same way.

Dogs with scabies will experience intense
itching. This is caused by a hypersensitivity
reaction to the mites burrowing into the skin to
lay eggs.

The dog will lose hair and have a rash on the
affected skin. and the same areas may be affected
in humans when exposed to dogs whith scabies.

Dogs that are frequently groomed may just have
the intense itching but no rash. Due to the
itching, dogs will frequently get a secondary
bacterial skin infection.

Signs of skin infection are crusting sores and
warm, reddened skin. As the disease progresses,
the skin will become thickened, lymph nodes will
swell and the dog will lose weight. As the
disease progresses, the skin will become
thickened, lymph nodes will swell and the dog
will as the infected animal lose weight and
eventually may die if not treated properly.

as a professional may remove lesions with a
scapel and examine them under a microscope. The
scabies mite is transferred through contact with
affected dogs, so exposure to other dogs with
scabies is an important part of the diagnosis.

A Professional will lightly scrape the dog's
lesions with a scalpel blade and then examine the
resulting material under a microscope. In some
cases, multiple scrapings will be neccessary, as
the mite can be hard to find with a single exam.

and if this is not possible the padding should be
properly disposed of or burned. to prevent future
infestation of scabies, mange or mites.

as these infections and diseases and mites are
transferrable to Humans.

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Jim is a retired operator of several brick and
mortar businesses and has been blogging over two
years. Several projects include
http://affiliatenmarketingprogram.com/dogs.html
and http://dogscabies.net

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