Tungau Telinga Menjadi Liar

2024 Pengarang: Daisy Haig | [email protected]. Terakhir diubah: 2023-12-17 03:10

Punya tungau? Saya tentu berharap Anda tidak… tetapi jika Anda seperti beberapa klien saya, Anda mungkin yakin bahwa kucing Anda tidak dapat menghilangkan infeksi tungau telinganya (meskipun sudah bertahun-tahun sekarang). Atau mungkin dia sebagian besar tinggal di luar dan dia terpapar secara kronis dan terus-menerus terinfeksi, dalam hal ini Anda harus benar-benar melakukan sesuatu tentang hal itu.

Apapun masalahnya … ada bantuan.

Faktanya, tungau telinga tidak harus menjadi masalah bagi Anda … selamanya. Betulkah.

Inilah yang kurus pada makhluk-makhluk ini: Tungau telinga adalah makhluk kecil yang tampak arachnoid yang menikmati lingkungan yang hangat dan lembab yang disediakan oleh telinga rata-rata. Meskipun mereka lebih spesifik untuk kucing, anjing juga bisa mendapatkannya. Manusia, bahkan, telah diketahui dapat menangkap satu atau dua serangga, meskipun penularan membutuhkan beberapa paparan serius (seperti bermain dengan telinga Anda tepat setelah mengobrak-abrik tumpukan tungau telinga).

Jika Anda ingin tahu tentang infeksi pada manusia, ada akun sebenarnya di JAVMA (Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association), sekitar tahun 1993, di mana seorang dokter hewan pemberani (jika agak masokis) dengan sengaja menginfeksi dirinya sendiri dengan tungau telinga. Selain menunjukkan kepada dunia betapa anehnya beberapa dokter hewan, klaimnya atas ketenaran ilmiah adalah bahwa - dapatkan ini - infeksi tungau telinga benar-benar sangat gatal. Jenius!

indeed, if this veterinarian’s findings are any guide, cats with ear mite infections experience a crackly crunching sound in their ears…and they’re plagued with extreme itchiness, too, enough to yield the telltale signs of an infestation: claw marks about the ear and head from their vigorous scratching.

looking at one up close is enough to induce delusional parasitosis, right?

though usually easily diagnosed by swabbing out the ear and checking the characteristically brown-black, crusty material under a microscope for signs of seemingly extraterrestrial life, it’s not always that easy in some early cases…or when owners have already initiated a battery of otc treatments.

if there’s one thing that makes me crazy it’s the sale of veterinary products (like parasitacides) at supermarkets and feed stores for conditions that are easily misdiagnosed by laypersons. sure, they can work, but ear mite treatment is soooo much easier when…

1. you know for sure that’s what you’re treating (as opposed to another kind of ear infection), and…

2. you use the right stuff.

acarexx and milbemite are two readily available preparations for the topical (in ear) treatment of ear mites. after two doses, two weeks apart, over 90% of my patients are cured (the remaining 10% get an extra treatment in another couple of weeks). no twice daily ear drops for indefinite periods of time. no pyrethrins toxicity as with some otc products.

need something to prevent future infections? revolution and advantage-multi are both labeled for the treatment and control of ear mites. that means that both products will kill ear mites as well as prevent future infections. in kittens, i’ll use revolution over the stronger acarexx and milbemite in an off label manner: 3 doses, each two weeks apart. (the revolution gets applied on the back of the neck, not in the ears.)

see how easy it is? and you didn’t even have to put ear mites in your own ears to reap the benefits of this veterinary information.