Why does the British Toy Snipe Dog cough up blood? Causes and treatment of hemoptysis

Jul 26,2025
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Why does the British Toy Snipe cough up blood? Causes and first aid methods of hemoptysis in dogs. Hemoptysis in dogs refers to bleeding from the larynx, trachea, bronchi or lung parenchyma, which is coughed up with coughing. So how to treat it?

1. Causes of dogs coughing up blood:

1. Pulmonary diseases in dogs. For example, tuberculosis and lung abscess are the most common causes of coughing up blood, followed by pneumonia, lung tumors or lung trauma (injuries, rib fractures).

2. Bronchial diseases. Bronchiectasis cough is the most common, followed by bronchitis and bronchial foreign body.

3. Cardiovascular disease. Such as left heart failure, pulmonary edema, etc.

4. Blood diseases. Such as purpura, aplastic anemia, hemophilia, etc.

2. First aid for dogs coughing up blood:

1. Stop exercising and training and let the dog rest.

2. For dogs that are irritable but do not have respiratory dysfunction or are extremely weak, appropriate sedatives can be given, including intramuscular injection of chlorpromazine 1~2 mg/kg body weight; or oral administration of 5~10 mg diazepam.

3. For dogs suffering from severe coughing and hemoptysis, drugs should be given to relieve cough, but drugs that inhibit breathing such as morphine are prohibited.

4. Choose the appropriate hemostatic drug according to different causes of disease and the condition of the dog: you can use hemostatic drug, 2 to 4 ml, intramuscular or intravenous injection; vitamin K3, 10 to 30 mg, intramuscular injection.

5. Send the patient to the hospital promptly for treatment of the primary disease.

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