Otohematoma

Otohematoma, as its name indicates it, is hematoma that it takes place on rascado the auricular cartilage as a result of or violent shocks due to auricular prurito, reason why a process is considered inflicted car.
Usually one appears in unilateral form, affecting all the species, but with special predominance in those animals that have a process associate that causes to pain or prurito.
This process associate really is the person in charge of everything, can be:

* Primary factors:
Parasites: Otodectes cynotis (the most frequent acarus), scabies sarcoptis and demodes, garrapatas. Mainly in cats.
Allergies: In many cases of allergy (atopia) the most showy pathology is the otitis, specially in dogs
strange bodies.
Problems of seborrea (a problem of the queratinización by excess of descamación and other causes exists)

* Secondary factors: (Bacterial Infections and by leavenings)
Streptococcus
Pseudomonas
Malassesia pachydermatis
Candida albicans

The treatment of otohematoma besides to solve the problem, is to solve the underlying cause.
The election treatment is the surgical one obtaining the drainage of the hemorrágico content and trying to be able an apposition of weaves to avoid recidivas.
Tratameinto preservative with sistémicos glucocorticoids with discussed to results and reicidivas can be tried.
The prevention is based on the cleaning of the auricular conduits of routine whenever it bathes an animal and veterinary periodic control.

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Author: MV Adelaida A. Goldman

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