If you thought that only humans have different kinds of skin and suffer from skin infections, you are wrong. Dogs do have the same problems too. They too have dry skin, oily skin and itchy skin. Any skin infection with your dog will mean rounds to vets clinic, buying ointments and changing dog's diet.
While some skin infections are caused by flea or ticks infecting the body, you have the mange causing infections too. Dogs are known to suffer from hypothyroidism and can end up with skin ailments as a result of this condition. They just get ailments and infections just like the humans do.
If you notice that your dog is biting or licking himself all the time, you should get him checked by a vet. They do contract infections through the food they consume such as beef, wheat and dairy foods.
The infection can develop into a serious ailment if left untreated for long. The dog will be able to prescribe appropriate skin treatment cream along with tablets for consumption to route out the infection.
As a part of treatment, to stop further infection you would have to change the diet of your dog. Check with the vet before making suitable changes and deleting these foods from his daily diet.
Always in case of bacterial infections, the effective treatment will be to use antibiotics, taken either orally or through skin treatment creams and lotions.
At the first sign of trouble, it is better to take your dog to the vet and have him advise you on the course of treatment to be followed. From amongst many options of using steroids, anti bacterial /fungal tablets, antihistamines, shampoos, dietary changes, injections etc he would be the best judge to choose the most appropriate combination of treatment.
Of course depending upon the kind of ailment the treatment course will be adapted. While it might take several weeks for the complete cure, it can also take a few months or a few years depending upon the infection.
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