Dogs with yellow pus at the urethral opening may be suffering from urethritis

Dog urethritis is a bacterial infection of the urethral mucosa called urethritis, also known as urethritis. The main symptoms are pain during urination, swelling of the urethra, and red and swollen urethral orifice.
Urethritis and cystitis in dogs are both called lower urinary tract infections. The main causes are bacterial urinary tract infections caused by dogs holding urine for too long, even for more than 12 hours, or moisture. Or eating spicy food can also cause infection, or kidney problems can cause urinary tract infections.
Dogs suffering from urethritis will have obvious pain during urination, intermittent discharge of urine, and turbid urine, which contains mucus-like mucosal substances, blood and yellow-green pus. Another symptom is that the male dog's penis is persistently erect and very resistant to genital palpation.

How to treat urethritis with yellow pus at the urethra orifice of a dog

If the dog has already suffered from urethritis, timely anti-inflammatory and antibacterial treatment is needed to prevent the disease. intensified. Generally, when yellow pus appears, the disease is already in a serious stage. Ampicillin 10.0 mg/kg body weight can be injected intramuscularly, ceftriaxone 20.0 mg/kg body weight; roxithromycin 5 mg/kg orally. At the same time, oral ammonium chloride has a better effect of acidifying urine.
Those with bleeding can inject appropriate 1%-2% alum solution or 0.5% tannic acid solution into the urethra to astringe and stop bleeding. About 10% of Aminomycin is excreted through the urethra unchanged, so it will have a better urethra disinfection effect.
If the dog is not treated, the bladder will rupture due to urinary occlusion, resulting in death. Death from sepsis may also occur.

Dog urinary tract infection is mainly about prevention

All dog diseases are more preventable than cured. We should first pay attention to them in our lives. Don't let your dog get urethritis.
The causes of urethritis in dogs are basically caused by holding urine for too long, bacterial infection caused by moisture, irritating food, etc., so we need to solve the cause.
First of all, we must teach the dog to urinate on command. Don’t let the dog wait for the owner to take it out to urinate. Don’t keep attacking the dog when it is not trained well. Don’t beat it to make the dog afraid to urinate. , causing holding in urine to become more serious. After your dog takes a bath or cleans it after returning home from outdoor activities, be sure to wipe it dry and do not leave moisture on the skin surface, especially the genital area, to avoid bacterial infection caused by moisture. Secondly, don’tNever feed your dog some of this human food.

Dog urethritis recovery care

Dogs may have redness, swelling and inflammation at the urethral opening. At this time, the owner needs to clean the genital area of ​​the dog. You can use Dip the syringe into some saline for flushing. If it is deep, you can connect a urinary catheter and insert it for flushing. Never use alcohol to clean. Alcohol is too irritating and can easily cause discomfort to your dog.