The dog in the house will be a regular pee and poo, but suddenly one day you find that he began to poop in the house again, you are not very angry? Don’t be angry, it could be an inflammation of your dog’s bladder that is causing him to lose control of his urine.
Cystitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane and submucous tissue of the bladder in dogs, female dogs more than male dogs, the symptoms of dogs with cystitis is painful frequent urination, long do urination position, but each time the urine discharge is very little or into drops, cystitis is serious when the bladder neck mucosa swelling, or spasmodic contraction, the sick dog will be painful and restless.
Symptoms
The most common symptoms of cystitis in dogs are as follows.
1. Frequent urination
The dog often urinates in a urinary position, but the urine is small or dripping, and often with blood.
2. Painful urination
The more often you urinate, the more painful it is. The reason is that the mucous membrane at the root of the bladder is swollen and cannot be urinated, or the bladder sphincter is spasmodically contracted and causes urinary closure.
3. Palpation examination
On palpation of the lower posterior part of the abdomen, it is painful to palpate and the bladder is highly filled. If the affected dog or cat is made to lie flat on its side and the bladder is touched horizontally with the hand, the bladder is seen to be pear-shaped with a strong sense of fluctuation. If the bladder is paralyzed, mild massage of this area can promote its urination.
4. Elevated body temperature
The more severe cases of cystitis are usually accompanied by an increase in body temperature.
Frequent urination symptoms are followed by mental depression and lack of food and drink. In severe hemorrhagic cystitis, anemia occurs due to the presence of large amounts of blood in the urine, manifesting pallor of the conjunctiva and oral mucosa and weakness of the body, which can cause death if left untreated.
Cause analysis
Cystitis is mainly caused by pathogenic microbial infections, severe accumulation of urine, bladder stones and the spread of inflammation in adjacent organs, as well as traumatic stimulation.
1. Most of the pathogenic microbial infections are caused by invasion of the bladder through the blood circulation or from the urethra, such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas, Aspergillus, etc.
2. Severe accumulation of urine
Especially during the three big Chinese festivals (i.e. Spring Festival, May Day and National Day), there are more guests such as family and friends at home, making it inconvenient for timid dogs and cats to urinate, thus causing accumulation of urine, which causes morbid accumulation of urine when it becomes more serious, and life threatening when it becomes more serious. In this case, the overfilling of the bladder makes the contraction of the urinary muscle weak, and the inability to discharge urine makes the bladder paralyzed, and the bladder wall is overly compressed, which also easily causes cystitis.
3. Bladder stones
Long-term abrasion of the bladder wall by the stone body can cause inflammation of the bladder.
4. Inflammation of adjacent organs
Endometritis, vaginitis, urethritis, nephritis, ureteritis, etc., can spread to the bladder and cause cystitis.
5. Traumatic irritation
Commonly caused by irritation due to catheterization. It can also be seen in bladder inflammation caused by external blows.
Diagnosis
1. Blood phase changes: mainly shows an increase in total white blood cell count, and in severe cases of occult blood in the urine, the total red blood cell count decreases. In more severe cases of dehydration, the red blood cells are elevated.
2. Urine observation: In cystitis, there is usually a large number of red blood cells in the urine. In addition, depending on the situation, there are also manifestations: catarrhal cystitis – large amounts of mucus in the urine with a cloudy appearance, purulent cystitis – large amounts of pus balls in the urine, fibrinous cystitis – -fibrin-like flocculent or tissue fragments in the urine.
3. Urine sediment test: there are a large number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and bladder epithelium in the urine sediment. If the urine is alkaline, crystals such as uric acid salts are also seen.
4, urine protein test: you can use urine protein test paper test, generally present positive urine protein.
5, X-ray examination: When the bladder is full, the pear-shaped outline of 5-10 cm in diameter is clearly visible with X-ray examination. When the bladder is emptying, it is a small pear-shaped outline of 2-3 cm in diameter. If there are stones, they are clearly visible.
6. Ultrasonography: a large and uniformly dense bladder contour shadow is visible (this diagnosis is made when the bladder is full of urine).
Treatment
1. Improve the diet. Feed non-stimulating, nutritious and high quality food. Ensure sufficient clean water and reduce the intake of high-protein foods.
2. Clean the urinary outlet. Repeatedly flush with saline first, then flush with medicinal solution, such as 0.1% potassium permanganate solution (or 2% boric acid solution, 0.02% furacilin solution), which can be used as disinfection treatment; 1%-2% alum solution (or tannic acid solution) can be used for relief. Note: Chronic cystitis can be cleaned with 0.02%-0.1% silver nitrate solution.
3. control secondary infection / eliminate inflammation. Antibiotics, quinolones, sulfonamides and antifungal drugs can be used.
4. Severe bleeding. Use systemic hemostatic drugs, such as adrenochromone (Anlagen) 0.1-0.3mg/kg body weight, 2 times daily; or phenolsulfonamide (hemostat) 5-15mg/kg body weight, 2 times daily, intramuscular injection.
Note: The above is only for reference, the specific medication should be given by the doctor after comprehensive diagnosis.
Prevention
1. Make your dog develop the habit of defecating regularly, holding urine for a long time will only worsen the bladder infection.
2. Do not allow your dog to drink tap water directly.
3. Do not let the dog stay on the lawn for a long time, especially in the more dirty places.
4. Know the health condition of the breeding partner.
5. Clean the stray hairs from the urinary outlet and wipe with a warm towel after each bowel movement.
Attention
If your dog develops new symptoms or still feels unwell during treatment, contact your doctor immediately for fear of recurrent bladder infections. If your dog’s condition improves during treatment, do not stop taking the medication. Please complete the entire treatment according to your doctor’s instructions, and always pay attention to the hygiene of urination.
