Measurement of skin hydration by corneometric analysis of head and neck dermatitis cats:

Abstract

Kedilerde baş ve boyun bölgesi dermatiti (Bbbd), geniş doğal oluşumu ve her gün artan vaka sayısı nedeniyle büyük ilgi uyandırmaktadır. Kaşıntı lezyonların bilinen özelliğidir. Bu retrospektif çalışmada, toplam 15 kedi [7 sağlıklı ve 8 baş ve boyun dermatiti ile] kaydedilmiş ve seçilen cilt biyofizik belirteçleri için korenometrik analize tabi tutulmuştur. Ortalama (standart sapma) pH değerleri açısından, sağlıklı olanların aksine, Fhnd'li kedilerde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark (p = 0.003) gözlenmiştir. Öte yandan, hidrasyon değerlerinin değerlerinde bir anlamlılık gözlenmemiştir. Sonuç olarak bu çalışma Bbbd bulunan kedilerde topikal uygulamalarda dikkat edilmesi gerektiğini belirten ön çalışma verileri olarak değerlendirilebilir. Measurement of skin hydration by corneometric analysis of head and neck dermatitis cats ABSTRACT Feline head and neck dermatitis (Fhnd) has been arousing great interest due to its wide natural occurence and increased number of cases everyday. Pruritus is the well known hallmark of the lesions. In the present retrospective study a total of 15 cats [7 healthy and 8 with head and neck dermatitis] were enrolled and subjected to corenometric analysis for selected skin biophysical marker. Regarding mean (standart deviation) pH values a statistically significant difference (p=0.003) was observed among cats with Fhnd in contrast to healthy ones. On the other hand, no significance was observed to those of hydration values. In conclusion it should not be unwise to draw preliminary results concluding topical preperation should be used in caution to those of cats with Fhnd.

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“…All cats underwent dermatological examinations and associated tests, including DermLite DL4 dermatoscopy, skin scraping, acetate tape impression smear, skin cytology, Polycheck IgE tests (with the Turkish distributor being the RDA Group, Istanbul), and epidermal corneometric analyses using the Callegari Soft Plus Device (Italy). Diagnoses were based on the aforementioned tests ( Ural et al, 2018 ; Ural et al, 2019a , 2019b ; Ural et al, 2021 ). Throughout the trial, all cats were maintained on a low carbohydrate diet (17% from Virbac Digestive commercial food).…”

“…The latter algorithm involved novel terminology regarding FASS, establishing updated denotation of allergy, gastrointestinal and respiratory disorders among cats (Mueller et al, 2021). Under this classification FASS was dedicated to allergic dermatological issues in relationship with environmental allergy ( Santoro et al, 2021 ; Ural et al, 2019a , 2019b ; Ural et al, 2022a , 2022b ; Ural et al, 2023 ). For detailed diagnosis of FASS, classification ( Santoro et al, 2021 ) was performed in agreement with other data ( Diesel & DeBoer, 2011 ; Favrot et al, 2014 ; Ravens et al, 2014 ).…”