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What is Otitis Externa?

Jan 04, 2017 Audra Lynn

Tags Allergies, Atopy, Autoimmune disorders, canine distemper, Contact hypersensitivity, dermatophytes, Diseases of glands, diseases of keratinisation, ear canal, ear mites, excessive hair, fleas, flies, Food Hypersensitivity, foreign objects, fungi, grass awns, hormonal disorders, hyperplasia, idiopathic seborrhoea, Otitis Externa, parasites, pemphigus folliaceous, ticks, viruses, yeast

Otitis externa is inflammation of the outer ear canal. What is the cause?There are many primary causes of otitis externa including :* Allergies* Atopy - one of the commonest causes of otitis externa* Food hypersensitivity (80% of affected cats and dogs reported to have otitis) * Contact hypersensitivity* Autoimmune disorders* Pemphigus foliaceous* Diseases of glands in the skin* Hyperplasia of glands reported in Cocker Spaniels* Foreign objects in the ear canal* Grass awns* Excessive hair* Sand, soil, water* Fungi* Dermatophytes * Generalised diseases of keratinisation* Primary idiopathic seborrhoea* Hormonal disorders - hypothyroidism, sex hormone imbalances* Parasites* Ear mites (eg otodectes...