Self-diagnosis of vomiting symptoms in dogs

1. Foreign bodies in the esophagus

When vomiting, you should check for vomiting The color and shape of the object can help the doctor know more clearly what's wrong with the dog during the doctor's visit. If the object spit out is white and sticky, it looks like a puff, or like when drinking iced coffee. Cream is added on top, and it is so sticky that you can pick it up with just one pull. If you spit out saliva, it is most likely due to an esophageal problem or a congenital heart disease—persistent right arterial arch. This can be known from a doctor’s examination!

2. Physiological vomiting

If the vomited food is food and the food is eaten back immediately, then everything will be fine, which is vomiting similar to rumination. There is no need to see a doctor for such vomiting.

3. Acute gastritis

If the color of the vomitus is transparent or white and sparse, it is gastric juice, that is, gastric acid secreted by the stomach. This type of vomiting is most common in acute gastritis, but if it is normal after vomiting, you can vomit without first seeing a doctor. If vomiting lasts for 12 hours, you still need to see a doctor, because vomiting is mainly caused by foreign body obstruction in the gastrointestinal tract. Or liver or kidney problems or vomiting from pancreatitis!

4. Ulcers of the liver, kidney, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract

If the color of the vomitus is yellowish-green, it means that bile has been vomited out. Usually If you see vomiting of this kind of color, you should see a doctor! Because this represents many conditions. In addition to the above-mentioned liver, kidney, pancreas and other problems, there are also gastrointestinal ulcers! There is another condition where vomiting occurs It is yellowish-green, but it mostly occurs before eating, and the dog is normal all day after vomiting. This is bile vomiting syndrome. If the color of the vomit is brown, it is not the color of feed or food, but When the color of gastric juice is brown, it means there is bleeding in the stomach. The most common ones are gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers!

5. Acute bleeding

If it is bright red, then don’t hesitate anymore. This is acute bleeding. Get to the doctor quickly! Overall, although the dog People often act as if nothing happened after vomiting. In fact, except for physiological vomiting problems (rumination), it is best to take them to the hospital for examination.

Notes

If you take medicine to strengthen it slightly, but if you think it looks fine and don't take it to the hospital, it may change from simple inflammation to severe ulcers or bleeding! Dogs should not eat bones, especially the sharp bones of chickens and ducks. Because dogs swallow these bones with sharp corners or edges, they can easily cause damage to the gastric mucosa, which can develop into acute gastric ulcers after improvement. The sick dog suddenly vomits, has no food, abdominal pain and other acute symptoms. Delayed treatment will develop into chronic gastric ulcers.

How to deal with dog vomiting

1. Observation

① Check what the dog is vomiting. If it is food that has just been eaten and has not been fully digested, then there are several possibilities: the food is not easy to digest, is too hard or too large or too much; if it is food that has been eaten for a while and has been digested, then there are several possibilities. : The food is unhygienic and unsuitable for dogs (such as milk. Milk contains many substances that cannot be digested and accepted by the dog's stomach, which will cause them to secrete excessive gastric acid). The food is unhygienic and the dog's digestive system has problems. , there are too many parasites in the dog’s body, etc.

② Carefully remember the time when it vomits each time. If it is too frequent (generally more than 2 times in a month can be considered frequent), then there must be a problem. It is recommended that you take it to the hospital for a careful examination. If there is a problem, it is better. Treat as early as possible.

2. Take careful care

As long as it does not vomit often, it is safe, because dogs also have the habit of cleaning their own hair. When they are groomed, they will lick and eat some of the hair. Some hair is expelled from the body and some accumulates in the stomach. When the accumulation increases, the dog will vomit. If you don't feed it regularly, it will be more edible, and hunger will also cause the dog to vomit. The cause of vomiting is mainly related to gastritis, while the cause of diarrhea is mainly related to enteritis. If left untreated, vomiting can lead to diarrhea and vice versa. If your dog is visibly sick or has a body temperature that is 1 degree above normal (38.5 degrees Celsius), a veterinarian should be consulted as soon as possible.

3. Treatment of vomiting

① Fasting the dog for 24 hours

If there are no more serious symptoms, the dog should be fasted for 24 hours (12 hours for puppies). You can continue to supply water, but not too much. 50-100ml for small dogs and 200ml for large dogs. If the dog drinks the prescribed amount of water, the same amount of water can be given after 30 minutes, but not immediately.

②Give a small amount of light food that is easy to digest

Assuming vomiting has stopped, a small amount of light, easily digestible food, such as scrambled eggs, can be given. If vomiting is frequent during the onset of the disease, mix a small amount of brandy (one teaspoon for large dogs, less for small dogs) with the first meal. If you no longer vomit after eating, you can cook chicken, lean meat or whitefish and feed it with rice mixed with juice.

③Feed three small meals a day

Eat three small meals a day instead of one large meal. The next day, if everything is fine, you can eat more of your normal food, but still keep it small. It's best to take another day or two off before you fully resume your normal diet. During the first four days, only about two-thirds of the food needs to be fed.

Notes

Veterinarians generally do not use antibiotics to treat cases of uncomplicated gastroenteritis. Aluminum hydride suspension is a good gastric sedative for dogs with vomiting. For small dogs, take one teaspoon three times a day. For large dogs, take a teaspoon four times a day. It can also be used for dogs with vomiting or diarrhea. Give kaolin, morphine or kaolin, pectate compound preparation (dose refer to aluminum hydroxide). It's a good idea to have at least one of these medications on hand.

Causes and treatments of enteritis in dogs

1. Causes

Eating rotten or contaminated food. Or accidentally ingested poisonous bait, jujube-based drugs, foreign objects, etc. Secondary to certain infectious diseases and parasitic diseases.

2. Treatment

(1) Food therapy You should fast for 24 hours and only give a small amount of water, and then feed sugar and salt water rice soup (Add 1 gram of salt and 10 grams of multidimensional glucose per 100 ml of rice soup), or give broth, starch paste, milk, soy milk, etc., and then gradually thicken until the normal diet is completely restored.

(2) Clean the gastrointestinal tract Laxatives such as sodium sulfate and artificial salt should be taken orally in appropriate amounts.

(3) Clear inflammation and stop diarrhea Use 0.1-0.5 grams of berberine, taken orally 3 times a day. Sulfamiamidine (0.1-0.3 g per kilogram of body weight, taken orally in 2-3 times), sulfathiazole phthalate (0.1-0.3 g per kilogram of body weight, taken orally in 3-4 times), sulfamethylisoxazole, etc. can also be used. Among the antibiotics, chlortetracycline, oxytetracycline or chloramphenicol can be used. For non-bacterial enteritis, when the accumulated feces has been basically eliminated and the feces has no sour smell, but still has severe diarrhea, astringent drugs should be given to stop diarrhea. For example, 0.5-2g of activated carbon, 0.5-2g of tannic acid protein, 0.3-1g of bismuth subnitrate, taken orally 3 times a day.

(4) Cardiac rehydration In order to prevent dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, 100-500 ml of Ringer's solution, 100-500 mg of vitamin C, and 25% glucose solution should be given to the sick dog intravenously. ml, intravenously infused 1-2 times a day. Lactic acid compound sodium chloride solution (lactic acid 1.5 ml, compound sodium chloride solution 500 ml) can also be infused intravenously.

(5) Symptomatic treatment Vitamin B, vitamin C and vitamin K can be supplemented. Especially for those with bloody stools, vitamin K should be supplemented. For sick dogs poisoned by heavy metal salts, various specific antidotes are used. Generally, 20% sodium thiosulfate solution is commonly used, and the dose is 20 mg per kilogram of body weight, which has good curative effect. Dogs with weak heart should be given cardiotonic drugs, such as 1 ml of Qianerxin and 1 ml of sodium caffeide by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection.

Notes

When inflammation involves the front of the duodenum or stomach, sick dogs are often accompanied by vomiting. If a sick dog shows symptoms of tenesmus, it means that inflammation has involved the colon. When bleeding occurs in the small intestine, the feces will be dark green or black. Sick dogs have mild or moderate fever. If infected with bacteria, the body temperature can reach as high as 39~39.5℃. As the disease progresses, sick dogs may develop symptoms of dehydration and acidosis.