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Information on Dog Stones Calculi Treatment.
Dog Stones Calculi Treatment
CALCULI. The dog is more frequently the subject of Calculi (Stone) than is generally supposed. Their locality varies; they may exist in the biliary ducts, the bladder, the kidneys or in the urethra (the passage of the penis). In Biliary calculi, those stones situated in the biliary ducts, providing they are sufficiently small to pass the duct, are not of great niument in fact, upon Postmortem one often discovers their existence, while during life no inconveni ence or pain was noticed but should these stones be too large to pass the ducts they are very painful and a most fruitful cause of jaundice. The bile, which in health passes through these ducts, becomes completely impeded in its progress, and is re-absorbed by the blood-vessels entering the general system, and jaundice is established. The symptoms of biliary calculi, when not completely blocking th6 ducts, are excessive sickness and constipation, with pain in the abdomen. The treatment should consist in allaying the pain, when the stone will frequently pass in a natural way. To accomplish this object give 5 to 30 drop of tincture of opium every four hours in a little water, and a soap and water enema night and morning to relieve the bowels, opium having a tendency to constipate. Cystic calculi is the name given to stones found in the bladder; it is generally supposed that their existence is extremely rare, but such is certainly not the case. A single large stone is not frequently seen, but a number of small ones, especially in old dogs, is not at all uncommon. In the former cases nothing short of an operation can possibly effect a cure; but when one takes into consideration the necessity of keeping a patient in one position after the operation it will be patent to most that j|i canine practice the removal of the stone is seldom, if ever, attended with success. I have seen a few attempts at the operation, but all, without exception, have been dire failures.
Small calculi will frequently pass from the bladder into the urinary passage (urethra), and if small enough, out of the body through the penis; but often these stones will become fixed in the urethra and the animal is unable to pass its water. The bladder becomes distended, and if not relieved, rupture of the organ results. When one finds a dog can not pass its water, a catheter shau-ld be pro cured, a little olive oil or vasaJine rubbed upon it, and the instrument inserted at the tip of the penis. Of course, the animal must be placed upon its back. Insert the catheter very gently, and gradually pass it into the bladder. If there is a small calculus in the urethra the passage of the catheter will be obstructed, and when this is so, no extreme force must be used, or a very extensive injury may result. A little gentle and prolonged pressure may return the stone into the blad der, and so allow the urine to pass. If the stone can not be returned in this attempt, inject into the passage of the penis a little olive or salad oil, and repeat the operation with the ' catheter. Calculi sometimes efcist in the kidneys and may pass into the bladder, thence through the urinary passage, and so out of the body; but at otfier time they become too large to leave the organ and cause intense pain and subsequent death. The symptoms are first stiffness across the loins, accompanied by pain when an attempt is made to move; the urine is passed in small quantities, and is frequently indeed, often tinged with blood. In these cases it is a matter of relieving the pain, with the hope that the stone is small enough to gain an exit by the penis. To relieve the pain give 5 to 30 drops of tincture of opium about every four hours, and apply hot flannels to the loins. A dose of oil to relieve the bowels is beneficial, as any straining 'in passing the faeces would increase the pain. It is well to leavethese cases to the veterinary surgeon.
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