Causes and treatment of prolapse in cats

Prolapse in cats, also called rectal prolapse and anal ectopia, is generally closely related to prolonged diarrhea and intussusception, with increased abdominal pressure being the main cause of rectal prolapse. In addition, prolonged constipation in cats can also lead to prolapse. Severe prolapse can cause intestinal decay, but the systemic symptoms are mild and may include depression, loss of appetite or wasting. What does prolapse mean? A “sausage-like” columnar swelling, congested or edematous, with a dirty surface, stuck with hair and soil, and then mucosal ulceration and necrosis, can be seen at the anus of a cat. It is often accompanied by elevated body temperature, depression, and decreased appetite. And frequently do defecation posture. Analysis of the causes 1. Long-term acute diarrhea, weakness, or due to constipation, violent efforts during childbirth, prostatitis. The disease can be triggered by severe parasitic intestinal parasites, excessive fiber in the feed and protein and vitamin deficiencies, etc. When the cat is malnourished. 2. If the cat is prolapsed because of long-term diarrhea, it must be fecal examination, most likely because of coccidia. If the cat is prolapsed because of excessive anal force (such as constipation), the cat is likely to have eaten a foreign body that is difficult to discharge, so the daily efforts to umm can not pull out. If the cat is unable to poop for more than three days, please press the belly with your hand to see if there is any fecal accumulation. If the cat screams when you press it, it may have eaten a hard foreign body such as plastic or needle. If the cat does not scream and the fecal accumulation is obvious, it may have eaten a softer foreign body such as cotton thread. Cotton threads are relatively minor and can usually be expelled if they are short, but if they are too long and hang at the base of the tongue, they can only be removed by opening the stomach. Even if the cotton thread is short, don’t be too happy, because even the cotton thread in its small intestine is the same as a saw. This is like a human intestine stuffed with a twine, tugging and pulling, it is very easy to scratch the intestinal wall of the cat. Diagnosis is based on the site of occurrence, appearance and characteristic clinical manifestations of the disease, it is extremely easy to make a judgment, but it is necessary to consider and judge whether or not there is overlapping in the intestinal tube, if the diagnosis is neglected and only the prolapsed intestine is rectified, it will soon recur. One way to distinguish simple rectal detachment from overlapping rectal detachment is to palpate the early detached intestinal canal, the former is empty and the latter is solid. The second is to palpate the abdomen after rectification of the prolapsed rectum; the former has a loose abdominal cavity with an overall feeling of emptiness, while the latter can be palpated with a firm, inelastic, sausage-like section of intestinal canal. After treatment delivery, the physician will recommend flushing with 01% Neosporin under general anesthesia. It is then wrapped in clean gauze and gradually delivered into the anus to confirm that the intestinal canal is repositioned before a smudge pack suture is made. The treatment and prognosis of the animal depend on the etiology that produced the prolapse, the extent of the prolapse, and whether it is recurrent. For acute rectal prolapse with only minimal tissue damage, manual repositioning and perineal packet suture fixation are recommended. Irreducible prolapses or prolapses with severe injury require excision. If the rectal prolapse recurs after manual repositioning or excision, colonic fixation should be applied. Colonic fixation is the creation of a permanent link between the plasma membrane surface of the colon and the abdominal wall to prevent movement of the posterior segment of the colon and rectum. Colonic fixation is often used to prevent the recurrence of rectal prolapse and is very effective. Care is taken not to penetrate the colonic bowel during surgery and cause complications. After rectal repositioning, the corresponding diarrhea, constipation, and other conditions that cause prolapse are then treated.