Gastritis in dogs

Gastritis can be divided into acute gastritis and chronic gastritis. Most of the dogs were acute gastritis.

[etiology]

First, due to overeating, or eating spoiled food, foreign bodies or irritating drugs.

Second, it is secondary to some infectious and parasitic diseases.

Third, long-term stimulation of gastric mucosa, anemia, lack of gastric acid, malnutrition and so on.

[main points of diagnosis]

Depression, vomiting and abdominal pain are the main symptoms in sick dogs. At the initial stage, it was mainly chyme, followed by foamy mucus and gastric juice. Due to the different causes of the disease, the vomit can be mixed with blood, bile and even mucosal fragments. The sick dog's thirst increases, but vomiting occurs immediately after drinking water. Obvious loss of appetite or refusal to eat, or uneasiness due to abdominal pain. When vomiting is serious, there may be symptoms of dehydration or electrolyte disturbance. When examining the mouth, you can often see yellow-and-white tongue coating and smell a bad smell.

According to the medical history and clinical symptoms, a diagnosis can be made.

[prevention and control measures]

(1) Diet restriction: generally speaking, feeding should be stopped for at least 24 hours. If you do not vomit at this time, you can give a small amount of water or ice for many times to maintain the moist mouth. Then feed with sugar and salt rice soup, or high-sugar, low-fat, low-protein, digestible liquid food, a few days later gradually return to a normal diet.

(2) cleaning up the contents of the stomach: emetic can be used when harmful substances remain in the stomach at the beginning of the disease. Such as subcutaneous injection of apomorphine hydrochloride 3 mg, or oral emetic 0.5 mg, or tartar 0.05 g 0.3 g. When harmful substances enter the intestines in the later stage, laxatives should be used. Such as filling castor oil 10 to 20 milliliters.

(3) still vomiting: when the sick dog vomits seriously and is in danger of dehydration, sedation should be given to stop vomiting. Chlorpromazine hydrochloride can be injected intramuscularly 1.1 mg / kg body weight, or atropine sulfate 0.3 mg / time, intramuscularly or subcutaneously, 2 times a day.

(4) strengthening stomach and relieving pain: two milliliters of dilute hydrochloric acid, 3 grams of sugar-containing pepsin and 200 milliliters of water can be taken within two days. In order to produce acid and analgesia, synthetic aluminum silicate 3g / g, belladonna extract 0.04g / 0.05g, amylase 0.6 g, condensed milk 1 ml, divided into 3 portions, taken orally or mixed with food three times a day.

(5) timely fluid replacement: when vomiting is severe, fluid replacement should be done in time, such as 5% glucose solution and compound sodium chloride solution. If vitamin B1 and vitamin C are added, good results can often be obtained.