Swati Singh

Hi! A few days back I observed a small bald patch above one eye of my female lab and got her vet consulted. The vet overruled bacterial, fungal or any other infection. But I did observe another one today on one of her arm. This one is small too with no redness. She had itching issues but after the medicine prescribed by the vet it's better now. Any suggestions on what could be the underlying reason for bald patches would be relieving.

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Dr. Kaveri Giriraddi

Swati Singh

Swati Singh

Does she itch these areas and created the bald patches???

Or are u observing them suddenly

I have observed her scratching and biting herself at times but not sure if she did it in these particular areas.

She does scratch herself especially after she wakes up.

I feel it can be because self scratching of the pet

What medicines did the vet prescribed

Wysolone 10 mg: 3 tablets in total (1 each for 2 days and a half for the 3rd day)

Any other medication or that's it Any shampoos

No. That's the only medicine prescribed. We use the shampoo 'Himalya, ERINA -EP tick and flea management ' for bathing her.

Wherever these patches are there try to remove the hair for 1 cm radius and apply povidone iodine solution twice daily and also use mycosan shampoo to bathe her Keep the shampoo for 10 min and then wash

Okay. Will follow this. Is it a concerning condition or is it because of self scratching?

I feel it can be because of self scratching as ur vet already ruled it out for bacterial and fungal infection What about demodicosis Did he rule out that too??

Nothing was mentioned about demodicosis.

As the hair loss is near the eye and other parts of body it can be because of demodicosis also

How can we treat that?

First we have to diagnose is it because of demodicosis or not then only we can start treating it for that To rule out demodicosis skin scrapping examination has to be done

Okay. Should we go ahead with this examination if any new bald patch is observed?

Better to get it done as early as possible

Okay. Will do.

Swati Singh

Does she itch these areas and created the bald patches???

Or are u observing them suddenly

I have observed her scratching and biting herself at times but not sure if she did it in these particular areas.

She does scratch herself especially after she wakes up.

I feel it can be because self scratching of the pet

What medicines did the vet prescribed

Wysolone 10 mg: 3 tablets in total (1 each for 2 days and a half for the 3rd day)

Any other medication or that's it Any shampoos

No. That's the only medicine prescribed. We use the shampoo 'Himalya, ERINA -EP tick and flea management ' for bathing her.

Wherever these patches are there try to remove the hair for 1 cm radius and apply povidone iodine solution twice daily and also use mycosan shampoo to bathe her Keep the shampoo for 10 min and then wash

Okay. Will follow this. Is it a concerning condition or is it because of self scratching?

I feel it can be because of self scratching as ur vet already ruled it out for bacterial and fungal infection What about demodicosis Did he rule out that too??

Nothing was mentioned about demodicosis.

As the hair loss is near the eye and other parts of body it can be because of demodicosis also

How can we treat that?

First we have to diagnose is it because of demodicosis or not then only we can start treating it for that To rule out demodicosis skin scrapping examination has to be done

Okay. Should we go ahead with this examination if any new bald patch is observed?

Better to get it done as early as possible

Okay. Will do.