Symptoms of Canine Pyoderma

The staphylococcus intermedius bacteria--common bacteria present normally on a dog's skin--can sometimes lead to serious infection. Such bacterial attacks can be due to irregularity in the canine's immunity system or metabolism functions. At other times, no causative root can be traced back from the condition. Pyoderma can lead to further complication of parasitical infections, allergies and hormone related diseases such as hypothyroidism. There can be one or more various symptoms of pyoderma in canines.

  1. General Symptoms

    • Occurring inside the follicles of the hair, pyoderma causes inflammation in the area, leading to itching in certain cases and definite hair loss or alopecia in most. In some canines, this might occur in a considerably extended circular zone with crusts or scales forming on the periphery. Other clinical symptoms of pyoderma can be pustules or elevations of the skin filled with necrotic inflammatory cells or papules which are swollen skin areas, red or pinkish in color, hot to touch and leading later to crusty formations. Some more general symptoms of pyoderma can include the condition of erythema or reddening of the skin, or the condition of hyperpigmentation in which your canine's skin can take on a darkish tinge. There can be some erosion of the skin surface along with some amount of unease and pain.

    Surface and Superficial Pyoderma

    • Surface pyoderma can occur in the folds of the dog's skin such as the wrinkled skin of the face or the creases of the vulva. Surface pyoderma can also be of the pyotraumatic kind which gives off heat and can be hot to touch. Superficial varieties of the disease can show symptoms such as autoimmune irregularities and metabolic problems in mucocutaneous pyoderma and pustules, mangy hair and immunity system irregularities in impetigo and bacterial folliculitis.

    Deep Pyoderma

    • This severe infection by bacteria leads to inflammation of not only the hair follicle but also the deep seated tissues in the surrounding areas. Your canine can suffer from furunculosis which means affected hair follicles might burst because of deep rooted fungal infection. Another symptom of this condition could be an eosinophilic autoimmune irregularity coupled with a laceration at the end of the nose. Your dog might also suffer from numerous sores or blisters, mainly in various areas of the trunk and rarely on the legs, limbs or face. Sometimes, there might be acne like spots on the chin area as well. A deep pyoderma will usually lead to manifestation of different kinds of illnesses and your dog might lose appetite, turn anorexic, become weak and even run a fever.