What to do if a dog vomits

Vomiting is the most common phenomenon among dog owners. Many friends are afraid when they see their dogs vomiting. In fact, in many cases, vomiting is a protective reaction of dogs. It can excrete some indigestible or harmful substances from the body, which has a certain protective effect.

There are many causes of vomiting and their manifestations vary. The most common cause is acute infection, such as bacterial gastroenteritis, parvovirus enteritis, food poisoning, etc. Followed by pharyngeal, esophageal, and gastrointestinal abnormalities.

Pay attention to the color of dog vomit

Generally speaking, dogs are hungry and hungry, so if they eat too much, they will vomit. When vomiting, we must check the color and form of the vomit so that we can know more clearly what happened to the dog.

1. If the dog vomits food and eats it back immediately, it will be fine after that. This kind of vomiting is physiological vomiting, that is, vomiting similar to rumination. There is no need to see a doctor for this kind of vomiting.

2. If the saliva is spitted out, it is most likely an esophageal problem. For example: foreign bodies in the esophagus (food stuck in the esophagus, usually mostly bones)

3. If the color of the vomit is transparent or white and thin, this is gastric juice, which is the gastric acid secreted by the stomach. This type of vomiting is most common in acute gastritis. (But if it becomes normal after vomiting, you don’t need to see a doctor first. Just fast for 12 hours. If vomiting continues, you still need to see a doctor, because it may be caused by foreign bodies blocking the gastrointestinal tract, or the liver, kidneys, Vomiting caused by pancreatitis!)

4. If the color of the vomit is yellow, yellow, green, or green, it means that bile has been vomited out. Seeing vomiting of this color usually requires a visit to a doctor, as it can represent a number of conditions, including gastrointestinal ulcers in addition to the liver, kidney, and pancreatic problems mentioned above.

5. When the color of the vomited out is brown, it is not the color of the feed or food, but the color of the gastric juice is brown, which means there is bleeding in the stomach. The most common ones are gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers!

6. If it is bright red, then don’t hesitate anymore. This is acute bleeding. Get to the doctor quickly!

Analyzing the cause of vomiting from the frequency of dog vomiting (detailed introduction)

According to the frequency of dog vomiting, the cause of vomiting can also be preliminarily determined.

1. After eating, vomiting a large amount of normal stomach contents at one time does not occur again within a short period of time. This kind of situation indicates that the dog has eaten too much.

2. Vomiting or retching occurs after eating, or 2-3 hours after eating. This type of situation is often acute gastric dilatation.

3. After eating, vomit frequently and repeatedly until the contents are vomited out. Such cases are mostly caused by diseases of the stomach, duodenum, and pancreas.

Countermeasures

When a dog vomits, you should first pay attention to the frequency, number of times the dog vomits, and the color and quantity of the vomit. If you vomit 1 or 2 times without any other abnormal symptoms and continue to eat after vomiting, it is mostly physiological vomiting and can be ignored, but this situation is relatively rare. In addition to excluding physiological vomiting, if vomiting occurs, the following measures are generally taken.

1. Generally, vomiting does not affect eating and does not require special treatment.

2. If frequent vomiting affects food intake, fasting and drinking water should be prohibited for 4-6 hours to prevent accidental entry into the trachea. After vomiting stops, eat gradually, or provide intravenous nutrition and rehydration.

3. Sedation and anti-vomiting, such as oral administration of vitamin B6, diazepam, metoclopramide, atropine or the human drug Motilium, or oral administration of chlorpromazine, intramuscular injection, or intramuscular injection of Emol to stop vomiting.

4. If you vomit frequently and for a long time, do not eat, or vomit immediately after eating, and are accompanied by other abnormal symptoms, such as lack of energy, elevated body temperature, etc., you should be sent to a doctor for treatment in time.

Dogs often vomit, and the vomit is not food, and it is discolored. Gastritis, gastric foreign body, gastric mass, food poisoning, drug poisoning, or early canine parvovirus disease may be suspected.

On the whole, dogs often act as if nothing happened after vomiting. In fact, in addition to physiological vomiting problems (rumination), it is safer for dog owners to take their dogs to the hospital for a checkup.