Showing posts with label intussusception. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intussusception. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2009

Intussusception in dog - could be serious as well.




Intussusception can be quite a painful experience for your dog, as your dog will not eat or drink and can be easily mixed up with many other more common conditions such as dog constipation or straining to pass feces.
This is normally harmless to your dog long but as the contractions of the vomiting or diarrhea get worse then the muscles in the lower intestines contract so hard that they overlap each other or go inside each other.
After the overlapping process has happened, the following food that is being passed through the intestines becomes trapped in the overlapped part.
This is not a very common occurrence in dogs but may cause constant retching to vomit. Surgery is usually the way to fix intussusception by going into the effected area and pulling the two overlapping part apart and releasing and removing the contained waste to ensure a normal passage in the future.
This procedure should always be dealt with by a vet and ask for further guidance which usually results in a check-up to identify the condition.

Monday, December 15, 2008

a lab pup with intussusception

a golden lab 6 months was vomiting and not eating since last 15 days. it was on medication since that time. yesterday the dog came to my hospital. x-ray showed intussusception and foreign body in the stomach. finally after a long discussion with the owners, we decided to operate the dog without wasting any more time. the dog under went surgery and we removed the socks from his stomach. the intestines were in very bad shape so i removed some part of it and again sutured it back.the dog recovered very well from anaesthesia and is still with us. i have maintained it on fluid line. no water and no food for other 5-6 days. i hope he will survive very well and will have a very good life in future....