Symptoms of pyometra

Pyometra is a common gynecological disease in female dogs. Dogs with pyometra usually have enlarged belly in the early stage, and purulent discharge from the nostrils. The liquid has a sour smell, and the dog licks and sprays the door from time to time. In the later stages of development, the dog's appetite will decrease and the amount of water it drinks will increase. Some dogs will even keep drinking water until they finally have difficulty breathing. If you have problems with urination and defecation, and your whole body smells sour, if you go to see the doctor at this time, the cure rate will be very low.
The only way is to go to the hospital to see a veterinarian. The diagnostic methods are X-ray and B-ultrasound. If pyometra is caught early, doctors can use medications to control inflammation and bacterial growth. If it is delayed to the later stages, the only treatment is to surgically remove the dog's uterus. Not only that, but there is also the risk of bacteria invading other organs. If this really happened, even the best veterinarians would not be able to guarantee that their lives could be saved. So be sure to take it to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

The currently widely publicized and accepted view that female dogs must be sterilized as early as possible is based on the prevention of the high-incidence and high-risk problem of pyometra. In fact, pyometra is not a disease but a symptom. When there is inflammation in any part of the female dog’s reproductive system, it will lead to uterine effusion or even pyometra. Pay attention to hygiene and avoid retrograde infection of the female dog's reproductive system by pathogenic bacteria, so it is impossible to produce pyometra. Once the bacterial infection and inflammation are cured, the pus accumulation will naturally disappear. Therefore, pyometra can be prevented and cured. In addition, female dogs will have physiological uterine effusion after going into heat, which does not require worry or treatment.

Pyometra medication

The medication used by the dog weighing 40 pounds is: sparfloxacin lactate, 2 tablets at a time, 2 times a day; cefuroxime axetil, 2 tablets at a time, 1 Twice a day; Tinidazole, one tablet at a time, twice a day. Take the medicine for a total of 5 days. , the dosage is for an adult. (Please note! Underage dogs and Collies cannot use sparfloxacin lactate!!!) So at the beginning, the 50-pound dog took cefuroxime axetil, metronidazole, and Gynecological Qianjin Tablets. Take half the adult dose, cefuroxime axetil, 1 tablet at a time, 2 times a day, metronidazole, 1 tablet at a time, twice a day, Qianjin Tablets, 3 tablets at a time, 3 times a day. The effect will be obvious the next day after taking the medicine, and the characteristics of the effluent will change. After taking it for 5 days, I bought sparfloxacin lactate and tinidazole. Stopped Qianjin Tablets and Metronidazole, and replaced them with the two newly received medicines. Because I was worried about the imbalance of flora in the dog's body, I took the two medicines together for a total of 9 days. (It was later discovered that because the family did not carefully supervise the medication, the medicine was not taken for at least 2 days during this period, so the number of days of taking the medicine was probably only 7 days).
After stopping the medication, the appetite is restored and the mental state is good, but from time to time there is watery secretion or blood-streaked transparent and translucent secretion flowing out. At this time, the secretion no longer has a distinct smell. ? A week later, Guangming took medicine again for a course of treatment, this time the dosage is still half of the 40 catties dosage, cefuroxime axetil, 1 tablet at a time, 2 times a day; tinidazole, 1 tablet at a time, 1 time a day (only 2 tablets are taken on the first day); lactic acid axetil, 1 tablet at a time, 2 times a day Pashaxin, one tablet at a time, once a day. Take the medicine for a total of 7 days. After that, take motherwort granules for 10 days, twice a day, half a bag at a time. After taking the medicine this time, I basically recovered, but a few times a small transparent film-like object fell out of the peach (note: it fell out, not flowed out. The transparent strip fell out and fell on the ground. Yes, the hair on the tail and buttocks are not wet at all). During the National Day holiday, the dog was given gynecological Qianjin tablets for 7 days. Thereafter, complete recovery.
The three drug specifications mentioned in this article are: 0.25g of cefuroxime axetil per tablet, 0.1g of cefuroxime/sparfloxacin per tablet, and 0.5g of tinidazole per tablet. Please pay attention to the dosage! Some dog friends found that the effect was not obvious after taking the medicine. Later, they found out that the dosage was not enough. They bought 0.125g tablet of cefuroxime axetil. After increasing the dosage, the effect was significant and the dog has recovered

Two massage methods are very effective in draining pus

If your dog at home has pyometra, if you decide not to have surgery, and if the treatment drugs are not ready, you can first perform massage, hot compress, Some physiotherapy methods such as moxibustion can promote the drainage of pus and relieve the dog's pain. The simplest method is to massage, hot compress and moxibustion the dog's lower belly and lower back. The dog will be very cooperative with these therapies when it is in pain, because massage, hot compress and moxibustion can make it feel better. But there are two more professional and effective massage methods to drain pus, the details are as follows.

1) Spinal massage and pus removal method:

Use your hands to massage along the dog’s spine from top to bottom, trying to massage the bone tips of the spine and around it. Older dogs may have some small nodules on the spine, which can be massaged. If you press it regularly, these small nodules will disappear, which is very beneficial to the dog's health! The uterus and ovaries of the bitch are near the spine and can be massaged at the same time. A dog friend who studies traditional Chinese medicine used this method to massage his 13-year-old dog with closed pyometra for 2 hours, and then the pus began to drain smoothly. After a lot of yellow pus was drained, the dog's spirit improved immediately, and it had improved from before the pus drained. Unable to stand up, I stood up to eat food after draining the pus. The dog has now fully recovered! There is also a 12-year-old Su Mu with pyometra. Because Collie dogs cannot use sparfloxacin lactate for anti-inflammation, while only taking two other anti-inflammatory drugs, the owner massages the spine every day, and each massage can discharge a certain amount of Pus. Su Mu is currently recovering.

2) Uterine massage and pus removal method:

The dog’s uterus is a big V, and the bottom of the V is connected to the small peach. The location of the uterine horns is roughly the second pair of nipples from bottom to top, as shown below As shown (this is the information obtained by a parent whose dog has pyometra and who is a medical worker himself after communicating with the imaging veterinarian. I drew a simple diagram based on this information). When massaging a dog, it is best to raise the dog's upper body to form a sloping position.Use your hands to rub from the uterine horns toward the peach with appropriate force, and the fluid or pus accumulation in the uterine horns will be drained out! Some dogs no longer have pus flowing out after taking anti-inflammatory drugs. In this way, a small amount of pus will be discharged after 10-20 minutes of massage. The effect is very good!

About the types and dosages of medications

The three antibiotics used in combination are: cefuroxime axetil, sparfloxacin lactate, and tinidazole. At present, there is a third generation of nitrozole antibiotics, namely ornidazole. Compared with second-generation nidazole and first-generation metronidazole, ornidazole has better efficacy and fewer side effects. It is currently the most effective drug for anaerobic bacterial infections in the reproductive system, especially for endometritis. Therefore, it is recommended that parents who want to use this method to conservatively treat pyometra in their dogs replace the original tinidazole with ornidazole.

Many dog ​​friends report that sparfloxacin lactate is not easy to buy and is not available in general hospitals. After consulting with internal medicine and gynecologists, a parent working in the hospital suggested that the third-generation quinolone antibiotic: Clobital (Levofloxacin) could be used instead, or the more advanced moxifloxacin could be used, provided that the dog is sensitive to quinolones. Antibiotics are not allergic. Sparfloxacin lactate is available in JD Pharmacy, but you need to upload a prescription to purchase it. According to pharmacokinetic studies, the drug concentration of sparfloxacin lactate in the uterus and ovaries after taking it is 1.5 times the blood drug concentration, which is not available in ordinary broad-spectrum antibiotics, so it has a significant effect in treating pyometra.

Gynecological Chinese patent medicines Huahong Tablets, Motherwort Tablets and Qianjin Tablets are good medicines for auxiliary treatment of pyometra. Huahong tablets can promote the opening of the uterine orifice, and motherwort can promote uterine drainage. If the dog is faced with the urgency of pus discharge, you can consider taking Huahong tablets and motherwort at the same time. Qianjin Tablets has obvious anti-inflammatory and conditioning effects and can be taken during the recovery period to consolidate the effects of antibiotics and prevent recurrence of the condition.

About dosing for dogs. The dosage for dogs comes from the advice of the prescribing physician (who was once accused by a veterinarian of using excessive doses of antibiotics). After checking some information, I feel that the dosage for animals is greater than that for humans. Let’s take amoxicillin tablets as an example to illustrate the difference in dosage. , parents who are planning to use human medicine for Aipang may wish to refer to it.

According to the dosage recommended by the Chinese Veterinary Medical Association for cats and dogs, amoxicillin is 10-20 mg per kilogram of body weight for cats and dogs, and should be administered every 8-12 hours (Pet Prescription Drug Quick Reference Manual, P10), press 8 On an hourly dosage basis, the dosage for cats and dogs per kilogram of body weight within a day is 30-60 mg. For comparison, amoxicillin tablets are used for humans. The daily dose for children is 20-40 mg per kilogram of body weight, once every 8 hours. Therefore, based on the dosage per kilogram of body weight, the dosage for cats and dogs is 1.5 times that for humans!

Misunderstandings about pyometra

Parents who have unneutered dogs must have deep feelings. Whether they take their dogs to the hospital for vaccinations or to see a skin disease, the veterinarian will take the trouble to persuade them to "neuter them as soon as possible." . Veterinarian’s professional eyeThe eyes are always staring at the sexual organs of unneutered dogs. If they are not removed, the veterinarian will be worried. As for the medium and long-term damage to the dog’s health after organ removal, the veterinarian will not say a word before the removal! If other health problems arise after the organ is removed, such as malignant tumors, the veterinarian will not tell you that the tumor is highly related to the removal of an important endocrine organ. When an older, unneutered female dog becomes unwell, veterinarians often immediately associate the dog's symptoms with pyometra and recommend immediate surgery, regardless of whether the dog has typical symptoms of pyometra or not. Whether you are physically suitable for abdominal surgery. Surgery based on misdiagnosis is tantamount to directly putting the dog's life at the most dangerous edge. Most elderly dogs will not be able to get off the operating table. Even if they get off the operating table alive, a certain number of dogs will suddenly pass away about a month after the operation and die of infection or organ failure. Therefore, being alert to misdiagnosis is to protect the life of your pet.

Recently learned of 3 cases of misdiagnosis of pyometra

In one case, a veterinarian concluded that an elderly dog ​​had pyometra only through blood tests and a large belly, and ordered surgery immediately. This dog has no other typical signs of pyometra except for a large belly. Under the advice of experienced dog friends, the parents changed hospitals and doctors for biochemistry and B-ultrasound, and found out that the dog's liver function had seriously declined and that the big belly was due to ascites! What this dog urgently needed at that time was to relieve the burden of ascites on the heart, not to go to the operating table! Under the guidance of an experienced doctor, the owner gave the puppy furosemide, combined with potassium chloride, and at the same time, liver-protecting tablets and Yiganling (both human medicines), plus fresh homemade medicine, and the dog's condition improved significantly. , is still taking medicine for treatment. If he had followed the veterinarian's surgical arrangements at that time, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Another case was an 11-year-old dog that had a small amount of dark red secretion dripping out shortly after its estrus ended. The dog was not in good spirits and vomited even after drinking water. The pet hospital diagnosed it as pyometra and ordered surgery immediately. . Through communication with parents who have experienced and recovered from their dogs’ pyometra, everyone believes that the dog’s symptoms are not typical of pyometra, but rather resemble gastroenteritis or pancreatitis. He was checked again at another hospital and diagnosed with pancreatitis.

The situation of the third case was similar to that of the second case. Based on the X-ray photos, the veterinarian concluded that it was the spread of breast tumor, pancreatitis and pyometra, and ordered immediate surgery. The owner hoped for conservative treatment, but the dog's condition did not improve, so the veterinarian concluded that the dog had a malignant tumor that had spread and recommended euthanasia. The owner decided not to have an operation and was unhappy, so he went home and bought medicine to treat pyometra. While taking the medicine, the dog ate one chicken drumstick every day! The owner is also very surprised. He eats chicken legs every day without any discomfort. Does the dog really have pancreatitis? The dog is currently recovering!

Pyometra is a serious illness but not a terminal illness! It is completely possible to recover with symptomatic treatment! Owners should keep a clear head when their dog is diagnosed with pyometra, and do not push the dog to the operating table without thinking! A dog's life is in the hands of its owner!

 

One-third treatment and seven-part nourishment

Pyometra may look like an emergency, and it may seem like a sudden illness. In fact, it is caused by the accumulation of chronic inflammation. When the time is ripe for the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria, , only one trigger is needed (such as the dog is frightened, catches a cold, gastrointestinal discomfort, is in a bad mood, is old and frail, suffers from other diseases, etc.), the inflammation in the female dog’s reproductive system that has accumulated for a long time will appear. Always breaks out and pyometra occurs. Pyometra has its occurrence, development and recovery process. Therefore, drug treatment of pyometra is a process that requires confidence, patience and determination! Treatment with antibiotics, followed by Chinese medicine treatment and recovery, takes about 2 months. In this process, parents and dogs must face it at the same time and cooperate with treatment. Take the medicine in sufficient amount throughout the period when it is time to take medicine. When it is time to massage, try to massage for at least 30 minutes every day. When it is time to adjust the food structure, be sure to adjust it! Try not to take a bath during the treatment, but you can use gynecological lotion to clean the peach and the surrounding area to prevent colds. Eat fresh, light and easy-to-digest food. Try not to eat beef, mutton, canned ham and other foods that may cause pus. Eat it every day. A certain amount of various vegetables! Dogs with a large amount of pus excretion will have low blood counts and weakness, and can be supplemented with food, such as Wuhong Decoction (red dates, red beans, wolfberry, peanut kernels, brown sugar) used to prevent low blood counts for chemotherapy patients. In short, as long as the owner and the dog work together, the dog with pyometra will be able to recover smoothly! Nearly 30 dogs with pyometra have recovered from pyometra according to the physician's prescription. The parents of these dogs will successively write down the illness and treatment of their dogs.