Hair Loss in Dogs or Cats
Getting you the right help or answers to your questions first involves determining the type of hair loss problems your are dealing with in your pet; then, an assessment must be made as to the cause and proper path to resolution.
For More about Shedding and Hair-loss Issues:
Shedding |
Allergies / Yeast |
Digestive Imbalances |
Thyroid Conditions |
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Simple shedding, in an otherwise healthy pet, is to be expected with virtually any dog or cat. Most shedding issues are related to some type of digestive tract imbalance that reduces the body's ability to absorb nutrients and provide the needed nutrition to the maintain a healthy skin and coat. Our NZYMES Antioxidant Treats or Sprouted Granules support better nutrient absorption and can help with these problems. For more information please see our SHEDDING page.
LOW THYROID AND SYMMETRICAL HAIR LOSS PROBLEMSIn cases where there seems to be symmetrical hair loss for a dog (or cat), this would be a strong indication of a Thyroid imbalance. Low thyroid, or Hypothyroidism, is a frequent cause of this type of hair loss - where hair disappears from both sides of the body in like patterns, or even other portions of the body in like patterns. If this sounds like what you might be seeing, please see - Canine Thyroid Disease.
HAIR LOSS: PULLING, CHEWING, OR SCRATCHINGSpotty hair loss of this nature is typically due to severe GI Tract imbalances of the primary protective bacteria and the Candida Yeast. At NZYMES.COM we have worked with 10's of thousands of these cases using our Healthy-Skin Program for yeast overgrowth. If your pet is itching, licking or chewing at the feet or legs, experiencing reoccurring ear infections, reddened or blackened skin, underarm rashes, bad smell or odor, etc. - then these are strong indicators that you need to read our Healthy-Skin Program. Learn more from this article If any of this sounds familiar, you should go here - Is it Allergies? or Miss-Diagnosis?
However, if you have the rare situation of spotty hair loss - without the itchy problems - your pet can still receive significant help from one of the NZYMES Antioxidant products - either Antioxidant Treats or Sprouted Granules. More information is found on the Tab for How NZYMES can Help.
Help for Hair loss
NZYMES® Granules or Treats are products which work by providing the body with a nutrient rich, 'live food' source, which are missing from all processed pet foods and even raw-fed diets. This resource helps to support and enable many critical bodily processes, primarily the increased production of vital metabolic enzymes used to maintain various cellular functions. These primary enzymes include Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) and its counterpart - Catalase, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Methionine Reductase. These four compose the body's primary antioxidant enzyme defense system,which perform a complex series of cleansing processes. In addition, the ‘live food' properties of N'ZYMES® Granules or Treats, assist in the natural production of Digestive enzymes, enabling the body to maximize nutritional benefit from other food sources.
Combined, all these factors help the body to restore and repair, cleanse toxins and dangerous free radicals, strengthen and support the immune system and aid with digestion.These primary antioxidant enzymes are directly involved in proper metabolic management and restoration of SYNOVIAL FLUID. Synovial Fluid is widely recognized as the substance critical to proper joint spacing and lubrication, it is also an essential factor in hair follicle health.
This simple addition to the diet provides benefits on many levels. Apart from the subject at hand of reduced shedding from improved hair follicle health, other benefits that may be noticed are:
Enhanced skin and coat
Increased energy
Improved digestion
Better mobility
Reduced joint pain
Decrease in Seizure activity
