Do you know what a cat "black chin" is?

There may be many cat shoveling officers who have never heard of the term "cat black chin", but this term is what every shoveling officer has to pay attention to.

According to the encyclopedia: Folliculitis, also known as black chin, is caused by endocrine disorders, manifested by many small black spots on the chin, like cinder, a bit like a human nose Blackheads are different in nature. The former is a common disease in cats and requires treatment.

makes people feel very embarrassed, because the research in this area is not in-depth, so why this disease occurs, there is no clear conclusion in academia, so this is an idiopathic cat Common skin diseases.

This kind of skin disease can see some small black spots appearing on the chin with naked eyes in the early stage of the onset, which is what we often call "black chin", but in addition, this The early stage of the disease does not cause hair loss or cause itching. There are two conditions for this disease. One is that the symptoms are relatively mild, and the black chin will disappear on its own after a while, and the other is more serious. The "black chin" condition will further worsen and cause partial hair loss on the chin and skin Red, accompanied by the appearance of erythema and pimples.

According to the very limited research at present, the mechanism of this disease is due to keratinization of hair follicles or sebaceous glands or sebum secretion imbalance, which leads to the accumulation of impurities in the hair follicles to form "black The chin "

" may cause this "black chin" because the hair cleaning habits are not good, and the cat's immunity is weakened and it is easy to be infected by bacteria and viruses, and the chin will often rub against toys or bowls. The key problem to be solved. In addition, cat nutrition will also have a key impact on the formation of cats’ "black chin". Before, a cat friend told me that after eating a certain type of cat food, a "black chin" appeared. Back to normal.

Therefore, usually pay more attention to sanitation and choose a suitable cat nutrition plan, which can largely avoid the appearance of "black chin" cat dermatitis.