Feline cutaneous reaction patterns and pruritis

Question 1

What are the feline cutaneous reaction patterns?

Answer 1

Frequently, the allergic feline patient will present with at least one of the four common cutaneous reaction patterns indicative of pruritus and inflammation:

1. head/neck/pinnal pruritus with excoriations
2. self-induced alopecia,
3. miliary dermatitis, and/or
4. eosinophilic lesions including laques, eosinophilic granulomas, and indolent ulcers

Question 2

What is FASS

Answer 2

Feline atopic skin syndrome (FASS)
Inflammatory and pruritic dermatitis involving a spectrum of non-specific cutaneous reaction patterns (CRPS), that may be associated with IgE to environmental allergens

Question 3

What is FAS

Answer 3

Feline atopic syndrome (FAS)
Broad term for more generalised allergic skiin disease in cats, includes FASS and asthma
Allergic disease associated with environmental allergens, food allergy and asthma that may be associated with IgE antibodies. It encompasses allergic disease of the skin, GI and resp tract in the cat.

Equiv of atopic dermatitis in dog