Top 5 Clinical Signs Of Your Pet’s Seasonal Allergies

I was enjoying myself playing with the pets that my friend, Priya in New York has, when I asked her if her pets suffered many allergies. Priya started to tell me that it was common for pets like dogs and cats to be affected by environment allergens especially in the summer, fall and spring; seasons when plants thrived, flowered and withered to cause the seasonal allergies.

She went on to tell me regardless of where you stayed in the United States Of America, blooming flowers, dying plants, dryness, moisture warmer or cooler temperatures and wind caused allergens and other irritants to be dispersed into the atmosphere that affected the eyes, nose, skin and other body parts of one’s pet. Priya was greatly infected by my attention as she continued to tell me the top clinical signs that showed your pet suffered from seasonal allergies.

The top 5 clinical signs your pet has seasonal allergies: 

1) Nasal discharge and sneezing: Priya told me that most pets like dogs and cats were affected by this allergy as these pets enjoyed exploring their environment with their noses and stood a good chance to pick up environment debris in their nasal passages. This caused them to not only sneeze, but get an irritation that showed up as thin or mucus filled nasal discharge. In more severe cases of irritation there could also be blood in the nasal discharge. 

2) Eye redness and discharge: Being encouraged by my patient hearing Priya continued to tell me that allergens could also enter the pet’s eyes and cause inflammation of the tissue lining the eyes or conjunctivitis, or inflammation of the white of the eyes or sclerotic. The allergens in the eyes could show up as discharge from the eyes, squinting, pawing of the eyes and rubbing the face against surfaces.  

3) Ear discharge and ear scratching/head shaking: Next Priya continued as I nodded in acceptance to tell me that accumulated allergens in the ear could be either in the ear canal or the inner pinna, with this inflammation in affected dogs and cats showing up as discharge or redness of the ear, accompanied by pain and scratching. Some pets shook their heads and also rubbed it against environmental surfaces. 

4) Coughing, gagging, and swallowing: I am sure my eyes showed a lot of interest as Priya continued that these environment allergens could also end up in the mouth, windpipe and throat, showing up as gagging, coughing and increased swallowing. 

5) Licking, chewing, scratching, and the development of hot spots: Priya told me about the fifth clinical sign of seasonal allergies that through the skin these allergens could also cause inflammations in various parts of the body like armpits, groin, flanks and skin fold that prompts the pet to lick, chew and scratch to manage the skin inflammations. This causes infection, severe inflammation, and hair loss or hot spots.

I thanked Priya for all the information, when she concluded that the vet is the best person to deal professionally with these seasonal allergies.