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Why does my cat get recurring skin sores, fur loss, and itchiness?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Manx | Female | spayed | 7 years and 7 months old | 10 lbs

My cat has sores on her body. They come and go and this has been happening her whole life. They sores start out as small bumps which make her fur fall out in clumps then she's left with red itchy sores underneath

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Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on October 13th, 2017

Pepper may be suffering from allergic skin where her skin will overreact to something such as grass, fleas or dust etc, then swelling and infection can develop. This tends to effect the skin in large areas rather than in smaller clumps. If it is random well defined areas that are breaking out I suspect she may have eosinophilic granuloma complex, which is a condition in cats where essentially the skin damages itself. It causes nasty red wet lesions and sometimes ulcers and lumps. I think either way Pepper needs treatment so will need to see the vet. They will likely give an antibiotic injection to tackle any infection. The key of treatment will be managing the immune system which will likely be done with steroids.

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    Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

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    Pepper may be suffering from allergic skin where her skin will overreact to something such as grass, fleas or dust etc, then swelling and infection can develop. This tends to effect the skin in large areas rather than in smaller clumps. If it is random well defined areas that are breaking out I suspect she may have eosinophilic granuloma complex, which is a condition in cats where essentially the skin damages itself. It causes nasty red wet lesions and sometimes ulcers and lumps. I think either way Pepper needs treatment so will need to see the vet. They will likely give an antibiotic injection to tackle any infection. The key of treatment will be managing the immune system which will likely be done with steroids.

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