Like people, canines manifest
atopic allergic symptoms when their immune systems begin to recognize certain everyday inhaled substances as dangerous.
Not exact matches
One UK study showed that 54 percent of children are affected by some form of
atopic (
allergic)
symptoms.
Infants would be examined by medical providers at regular intervals for the presence of
atopic dermatitis (using standardized scoring methods) as well as food
allergic symptoms and other
allergic disease (confirmed by IgE testing), and not just the presence of
allergic sensitization.
Besides causing a swelling of the mouth or the mucous membranes, other
symptoms can include diarrhea or aggravated
atopic dermatitis, and, in rare cases, can even induce an
allergic shock.
Canine
atopic dermatitis (also called
allergic dermatitis or canine atopy) is an inherited predisposition to develop
allergic symptoms following repeated exposure to some otherwise harmless substance (an allergen) such as dust mites or pollen.
Atopic dermatitis is a common
allergic symptom in dogs.
In animals with
atopic dermatitis,
allergic skin / ear
symptoms are triggered by exposure to allergens in the environment such as tree, grass or weed pollens, dust, dust mites, some insects, and molds.