Dogs often don’t know what they can and cannot eat. Sometimes the owner is not careful, and the pet dog inadvertently swallows bones, stones, rat poison and other foreign objects. If this situation is not dealt with immediately, it will be harmful to the dog. Dog health is harmful. So what should we do?

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The dogs at home like to bite very much, and occasionally even swallow objects by mistake. wait. These foreign bodies remain in the dog's stomach for a long time and cannot be digested by gastric juice, causing damage to the gastric mucosa and affecting gastric function.

The clinical symptoms vary depending on the size of the foreign body in the stomach. When the foreign body in the stomach is metal or sharp objects (such as fish hooks, glass, iron wire, etc.), acute gastritis occurs clinically. General foreign bodies remain in the stomach, such as small stones, wood, peach stones, and bones. etc. Clinically, there are chronic gastric catarrhal symptoms, good and bad appetite, a history of intermittent vomiting, and progressive weakness. Some dogs report physical pain and refuse to be petted, while others suffer from vomiting and diarrhea and are misdiagnosed by doctors as being in need of treatment.

If you see what the animal ate, taking a detailed history may be very helpful in the diagnosis and treatment. However, in most cases, owners often do not know what the animal has eaten, but just keep complaining about the animal's loss of appetite and vomiting. At this time, foreign bodies should be included in the differential diagnosis and treatment.

In general, abdominal palpation of animals is often not obvious, but sometimes objects can be touched, such as a section of ribs in the stomach of a dog or a large hair ball in the stomach. Radiological examination may find masses or radiopaque objects in the stomach, but in most cases they are not visible on plain X-ray films. At this time, the veterinarian may consider performing angiography (barium meal angiography of the gastrointestinal tract) or endoscopic examination.

Give 10-40 ml of paraffin oil and 5-20 ml of edible vinegar by gavage to allow foreign matter to be eliminated from the body through the intestines. For foreign bodies that cannot be removed, they may be removed with endoscopy or surgery (laparotomy and gastrectomy). Both methods require general anesthesia of the animal, and the animal must be protected from dehydration and the plasma electrolyte concentration should be normal before operation.

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