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How To Tell If Your Dog Has A Skin Infection. Bacterial infections often cause red circular patches on the skin that sometimes smell pungent. Loss of balance or hearing if the infection is on your dogs skin or ears. A standard light pink hue of the skin indicates a healthy dog with proper blood flow but if you notice that your dogs skin is a bright pink or slightly red color that points to irritation and inflammation. Dogs also may get it through bites or from mating with other infected dogs.
Your vet will take a sample from your dogs infected ear or skin with a piece of tape by swab or scrape or by simply pressing a microscope slide along the skin. Some of the signs and symptoms of infection in dogs are lethargy fever or the presence of pus. Left untreated an infection can become serious enough to kill your pet. A standard light pink hue of the skin indicates a healthy dog with proper blood flow but if you notice that your dogs skin is a bright pink or slightly red color that points to irritation and inflammation. In cases where the hair is matted it may be necessary to have the hair clipped in order to allow air to access to the areas and give the infection ample opportunity to heal. A common sign of food allergy in dogs is recurrent ear infections any time throughout the year.
Most dogs with bacterial skin infections should have the affected areas flushed and cleaned as often as possible.
Loss of balance or hearing if the infection is on your dogs skin or ears. When a dog has an allergy it usually causes either itchy skin or itchy ears. Shaking or tilting of the head if the infection is on your dogs skin or ears. Fungal infections that affect your dogs skin can be difficult for pet parents to recognize since the itching and scratching that goes hand-in-hand with these infections is often thought to be the result of dry skin or flea bites. If your dog is itching or licking incessantly or he has patches of skin that dont look normal your dog could have a skin infection. Hot spots moist dermatitis are patches of red infected skin they appear very quickly look wet and often weep.