When itchy ears can be a serious warning signal for your dog
If your dog scratches his ears frequently and shakes his head constantly or holds it crooked, he is very likely to suffer from an ear infection.
This is of course extremely painful for your four-legged friend, which can be seen among other things by a striking sensitivity to touch on the head, restlessness and sometimes even aggressive behaviour.
Apart from this, exhaustion, lack of appetite and fever are among the possible symptoms that an ear infection can trigger in your dog. To counteract the symptoms, you should take action as soon as possible.
This is all the more important as painful and itchy ears can be an indication of another very serious health problem in your dog. You will find out what this problem is and how best to remedy it below.
Possible causes of inflamed ears
There are numerous possible causes for ear infections. They can be caused by parasites such as ear mites in dogs, or they can be the result of a foreign body in the ear or a food allergy in dogs.
Apart from this, certain breeds of dog are generally more prone to problems such as ear infections.
Itchy ears in dogs as a sign of kidney problems
Besides the causes mentioned above, there is another trigger for itchy and inflamed ears in dogs, which most dog owners probably do not think about. Because although it is little known, ear infections in dogs are in many cases a side effect of kidney problems.
The task of the kidneys is usually to remove harmful substances and metabolic waste products from the organism. To this end, the dog's kidneys, as an important filtering organ, perform at their best every day.
However, the functioning of the kidneys can be impaired over time by various external influences. The consequence of such a kidney weakness, also known as renal insufficiency, is that an increased amount of harmful substances accumulates in the body of the quadruped.
This leads to several unspecific complaints, including the occurrence of ear infections. If your dog suffers from itchy and inflamed ears, it is therefore often advisable to support the detoxification of the kidneys.
Kidney diseases are difficult to diagnose
Renal insufficiency manifests itself through unspecific symptoms that hardly allow any conclusions to be drawn about the actual cause of the symptoms. Even a blood count only provides a result when the kidneys are already severely impaired.
As kidney failure that is recognised too late can lead to a long ordeal for your dog and, in the worst case, even fatal kidney failure, you should take supposedly harmless symptoms such as inflamed and itchy ears seriously.
Natural support for the kidneys
To help your dog's kidneys detoxify, we recommend a dietary supplement with Bellfor Kidney Power. Bellfor Kidney Power is a carefully composed mixture of herbs with which you can stimulate the detoxification function of the kidneys in a natural way.
We recommend using Bellfor Nierenkraft (Kidney Strength) not only for acute problems such as itchy ears but also twice a year for healthy dogs to prevent kidney problems from the outset.
Easily digestible dog food for dogs with sensitive nutrition
Apart from problems with the kidneys, it is quite often food allergies and intolerances that cause itchy ears in dogs. To eliminate the symptoms permanently, a change of food is unavoidable in this case.
For this purpose, we recommend that you rely on our hypoallergenic insect-based dog food. This is because it contains insect protein from the larvae of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) instead of the usual hydrolysed protein, which is characterised by excellent digestibility and high biological value.
Besides, it has practically no allergy potential, which makes our dog food with insect protein the ideal choice for nutritionally sensitive dogs. Experience shows that even quadrupeds with a very severe food allergy can tolerate the food without any problems so that complaints such as itchy ears reliably disappear.
Saver sets for nutrition-sensitive dogs with itchy ears
If your dog suffers from itchy or even inflamed ears due to a food allergy, our special ear care saver sets for nutrition-sensitive four-legged friends are the perfect choice.
With the help from the Bellfor – products they contain you can reliably and permanently alleviate allergy-related symptoms in your dog, such as itchy ears.
- Saver set for small allergic dogs with itchy ears
- Saver set for medium-sized allergic dogs with itchy ears
- Saver set for large allergic dogs with itchy ears
Bellfor ear care drops for dogs with itchy ears
If you want to counteract the inflammation and itching of your dog's ears, using our natural ear care drops can help. Bellfor Ear Care Drops contain carefully selected ingredients such as castor oil and chamomile, with which you can gently care for your dog's inflamed and itchy ears.
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