Dog Bladder Inflammation

DOG BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF THE. The symptoms are great pain on pressure over the region of the bladder.

Dog Bladder Inflammation

DOG BLADDER, INFLAMMATION OF THE. The symptoms are great pain on pressure over the region of the bladder; the urine passed is scant in quantity butat frequent intervals, and evidently with great pain. It frequently comes from a blow but is also produced by long exposure to cold or wet, and often the result of giving too much cantharides and turpentine. Sometimes due to stricture of the urethra (urinary passage) or calculi (stone). The treatment consists of first giving a brisk purgative, and should this not act it should be assisted by clysters of luke-warm water or thin gruel, or a hot bath. The acute symptoms having passed, give 3 gr. To 5 gr. Of benzoic acid in pill form three times a day. If the urine is not freely passed the catheter should be used in the manner detailed under heading of Paralysis of the Bladder. When the bowels have been opened, give a dose every six hours of the following "fever mixture."

Powdered nitre 1 dram

Sweet spirit of nitre % ounce

Mindererus spirit 1 ounce

Wine of antimony 1 dram

Tincture of digitalis y 2 dram

Water 4 ounces

Mix. Dose for a dog, 25-lb. To .30-lb. weight, one tablespoonful every four hours in a little gruel. Smaller dogs not quite so much. From 50-lbs. Up a tablespoonful and a half as a dose.

The patient will experience relief if the parts are bathed continuously with a warm infusion of poppy-heads, or warm water alone, care being taken that he is not afterward exposed to cold. The dog's diet should be light and nourishing.

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