How much do owners know about dog cold control?

Dogs sometimes begin to sniffle, sneeze, tear, and have elevated body temperatures. If any of these symptoms occur, your dog probably has a cold. Cold, also known as “cold”, “wind”, is a general term for an acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract, belongs to the high incidence of common diseases. If your dog catches a cold, the weather changes suddenly, after the bath did not blow dry in time, are easy to get a cold. Analysis of the causes of dog colds, common causes are as follows: 1. wind-cold cold symptoms for nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, itchy throat, not thirsty, cough, sputum more thin, and even chills and fever mainly manifested as heavy cold, fever light, light tongue, thin white moss, floating or floating tight pulse. This is because the wind-cold is foreign and attacks the lung, the lung qi is not promoted and the lung yang is suppressed. 2. The symptoms of wind-heat cold are heavy fever, slight cold, nasal congestion, yellow snot, thirst for drink, drink but not much, sore throat, cough, yellow and sticky sputum, red tongue, thin yellow moss, floating pulse. This is due to the wind-heat upward, the first offense to the lung, the loss of the Wei Qi, the lung loss of suction and lowering, injury to the fluid. 3. summer damp cold mostly occurs in the summer, the symptoms are heavy head and body tired, disturbed and thirsty, or nasal congestion and runny nose, cough and sputum yellow, the epigastric and abdominal fullness, less, urine red short, thin and greasy tongue. This is due to the cold, damp-heat fumigation, fluid leakage, heat burned and thirsty, and the evil in the heart and chest to boredom. 4. seasonal cold seasonal cold, that is, influenza, mostly occurs in winter and spring, is epidemic onset, highly contagious, pulmonary symptoms are light and systemic symptoms are significant, symptoms are heavy, and can be transformed, into heat, combined with other diseases. The symptoms are sudden vicious cold, or even chills, high fever, due to body aches and pains, severe headache, weakness and depression, lying down, dry mouth and thirst, or with cough, etc., red tongue, yellow coating, smooth and strong pulse. Symptoms Generally speaking, if a dog has a cold, it will have the following symptoms: 1. poor mental state, appearing depressed throughout the day. 2. dog nostrils often have clear water-like nasal discharge, non-purulent nasal discharge. 3. sneezing a lot, coughing frequently, eating difficulties, as if there is serious discomfort in the pharynx, throat. 4. eyes red, congestion symptoms, inexplicable tears out. 5. appetite greatly reduced, no appetite to eat anything. 6. 6. accompanied by fever symptoms, the body temperature is mostly 39 to 40 degrees Celsius, while under normal circumstances, adult dogs should be between 36.5 and 37.5, puppies are usually around 37 to 38 degrees Celsius. 7. the dog’s sense of smell is significantly reduced, even if the smell of fragrant dog food are lethargic. Treatment of simple colds, if treated in time, can be cured quickly. If the treatment is not timely, puppies can be secondary to bronchopneumonia. 1. Chai Hu Injection 1-2 ml, intramuscular injection, 2 times / day. 2. Penicillin 50,000 units / kg body weight, intramuscular injection, 2 times / day. 3. Dogs can take oral Chinese medicine Pan Lan Gen or cold flush. More rest, more hydration, increase nutrition, especially vitamin supplementation. Prevention of dog colds, need to improve resistance, in addition to the timely vaccination, appropriate exercise, more sunlight and other ways, the owner can also start from the diet. And the dog after the cold is suitable for a light diet. Note 1. Generally speaking, the course of treatment for dogs with colds is generally 3-5 days, mostly cured in 7-10 days. But if there is no effect within 10 days, you must promptly seek medical attention, because the treatment is not timely, often easy to turn into bronchitis or pneumonia or distemper. 2. At the same time, we should pay attention to the appropriate use of drugs, puppies with human drugs, must be less than the human can. 3. strengthen feeding management, to prevent dogs from cold stimulation. 4. after the dog is sick, the owner should give the dog timely nutrition to improve the dog’s resistance.