Condition journey
Allergies & Skin
Itch, allergies and skin or ear problems — finding the cause and getting lasting relief.
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Your allergies & skin care team
These are the practitioners this condition can call for, from your everyday vet to specialists and therapists. Enter your postcode to see who's near you at each step.
- Your vet (primary care)
Veterinary dermatologist ·Referral hospital
Understanding allergies & skin
Reading from PetsLikeMineAtopic Dermatitis
- Atopic dermatitis: when your pet is allergic to the world 10 min
- Calming the flare and controlling the itch: your treatment toolkit 10 min
- Getting the diagnosis: why atopy is what is left when everything else is ruled out 10 min
- Feline atopic syndrome: how allergy looks different in cats 10 min
- Immunotherapy: the only treatment that changes the disease 10 min
- Daily life with an atopic pet: bathing, barrier, omega-3 and lowering the load 11 min
- Riding out a flare: a plan that stops the itch spiralling 10 min
Food Allergy
- The elimination diet, done properly: the only reliable test there is 10 min
- After the trial: the challenge, finding the trigger, and feeding for life 11 min
- Food allergies in pets: what they are, and what they are not 11 min
- Surviving the food trial: treats, family, scavenging and staying strict 10 min
Fleas, Mites & Mange
Skin & Ear Infections
More guides
- Skin Allergies in Dogs: Why It's So Frustrating and What to Do About It 4 min
- Allergy tests that work, and the ones that waste your money 10 min
- How to check your pet at home, and what to photograph 10 min
- Losing fur but not very itchy? When it is hormonal, not allergic 13 min
- The treatments compared: Apoquel, Cytopoint, steroids, ciclosporin and immunotherapy 10 min
- Lumps, bumps and spots: which need the vet now, and which can wait 11 min
- Is this a skin emergency? Swelling, hives, collapse and the hot, painful patch 10 min
- Ringworm: the contagious one that is not a worm 11 min
- Dandruff, greasy coat and seborrhoea: when the skin barrier breaks down 11 min
- The itch threshold: why your pet copes with one allergy but not three 13 min
- Why is my pet so itchy? The five things it could be 10 min