Anyone who has kept dogs for many years knows that it is not advisable to give them water or food immediately after walking or after strenuous exercise. Although the dog wants to drink water or eat at this time, it is best not to follow its temper, because it may cause the dog to suffer from gastric torsion symptoms.

Generally speaking, gastric torsion in dogs is related to exercise, and is also related to the breed and genetics of the dog.

When dogs experience gastric torsion, the weight of the stomach is generally greater, otherwise it will be difficult to shake and turn over. For example, if a dog eats a lot of food and drinks water, and then experiences a large external force that causes the stomach to shake, it may cause gastric torsion.

Conditions that can easily lead to gastric torsion include: additional psychological pressure, such as childbirth, competition, etc.; older dogs, generally dogs over 7 years old, are twice as likely to develop gastric torsion than dogs between 2 and 4 years old; males and Dogs that are thinner; dogs that are prone to anxiety and fear.

Such a disease is very painful for dogs, and is accompanied by gastric dilation. The onset is very fast, and the main characteristics are abdominal distension and abdominal pain. This disease occurs more frequently in large and giant breed dogs. Because large dogs have greater strength and have a larger space for their stomachs to move within the abdominal cavity, when there is food or water in the stomach, it is easy to shake significantly during strenuous exercise. Once gastric torsion occurs, the dog's physical condition will deteriorate rapidly, and he may even die within a few hours. Even among treated dogs, the mortality rate is as high as 25-33%, and there is a 50% chance that survivors will not fully recover.

Gastric torsion is not a chronic disease, and usually there are no early signs of the disease, as long as you try to avoid some problems in your daily life. For example, feeding should be done regularly and quantitatively. Do not let the dog drink a lot of water after the meal. Do not take the dog to do strenuous exercise or do other things that make it nervous one hour before delivery or two hours after the meal. If your dog unfortunately develops gastric torsion, you must send your dog to the hospital for treatment in time.