Pet Vet: Bladder stones in dogs

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May face Cassy surgery, and Wanda are "very concerned."

Cassy has diabetes mellitus and heart heart failure requiring daily treatment. Recently, this has been developing bladder stones.

Bladder stones are quite common in dogs is less common in cats, and also occur on tortoises and iguanas.Bladder stones in dogs are most often struvite or calcium oxalate crystals. the difference between them is that calcium oxalate stones as a more acid urine, struvites prefer a more alkaline urine.

For Cassy, must be weighed against the risk of complications in relation to the risks associated with their pieces.Bladder stones may impede urethra and create a medical emergency and may be responsible for recurring and/or chronic urinary tract infection contaminations, mainly struvite stones.

Bladder stones can be treated with surgical procedure called a cystotomy, which involves opening the bladder and extracting stones. Before surgery, the Panel and blood urinalysis performed. urinalysis helps determine what type of pieces may be present in the bladder.Sometimes, the crystals will appear in a urinalysis, and there is usually a bacterial infection associated with struvite stones. There have been cases of bladder stones where crystals do not appear in the urine.

In the case of Cassy, I would like to avoid surgery because of the potential for contamination and decreased healing related to diabetes.Heart heart failure is also an added risk, but depending on the extent, surgery can still be an option.

If the Cassy bladder stones is struvite, a special diet could help dissolve.If we can't identify the stone makeup or find is calcium oxalate, requires another course of action.

Cystoscopy is a process that I used with great success.This requires anesthesia but no surgery.Cassy's Heart must be evaluated carefully to adapt the anesthetic on the status of the heart. any additional risk beyond this is unlikely. Cystoscopy covers a specific scope introduced in the bladder. using average elapsed channels in the tunic of scope, the pieces have withdrawn this only works if the stones are very large and only with women dogs, as the scope is not flexible. the female at oyrithras is straightforward; that a male is curved and will not allow the passage of the scope.

For the sake of Cassy, I hope the stones can be dissolved with diet. If no, cystoscopy can be an option; If it is not practicable, surgery should be considered, with attention paid to the previous other underlying medical illness.

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Jeff Kahler is able to undergo a veterinarian in Modesto, Calif. questions your pet to the care of lifestyles, The Modesto Bee, P.O. Box 5256, Modesto CA 95352.

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