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Epilepsy in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Epilepsy is recurrent seizure activity from sudden abnormal electrical discharges in the brain, either inherited (primary) or caused by underlying disease (secondary). It brings brief loss of consciousness and convulsions, and is managed with anti-seizure medication and trigger avoidance.
Congenital Coagulation Disorders in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Congenital coagulation disorders are inherited or acquired deficiencies of clotting factors that cause uncontrollable bleeding from the nose, gut, gums, or after minor surgery. Management focuses on replacing clotting factors, correcting anemia, and preventing injury.
Myocarditis in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle, usually secondary to infection, parasites, toxins, or metabolic disease. It raises myocardial excitability and weakens contraction, and severe cases can cause collapse or sudden death, so prompt veterinary care is essential.
Omphalitis (Umbilical Infection) in Dogs and Cats
Omphalitis is a bacterial infection of the umbilical stump in newborn puppies and kittens, causing inflammation, discharge, and sometimes tissue death. Left untreated it can spread through the body and become life-threatening. Good hygiene at birth and prompt veterinary care prevent serious complications.
Postpartum Eclampsia in Dogs and Cats
Postpartum eclampsia, or milk fever, is low blood calcium in nursing mothers that causes whole-body tetany, usually two to four weeks after birth in small or large-litter females. It is an emergency treated by correcting calcium and calming seizures; without care it can be fatal in one to two days.
Postpartum Septicemia in Dogs and Cats
Postpartum septicemia is a whole-body infection from severe uterine or vaginal infection after birth, often due to a dirty environment or retained placenta. Signs include refusal to eat and rapid fever above 40 C with cold skin, and urgent antimicrobial and supportive care is required.
Vaginal Hyperplasia in Dogs
Vaginal hyperplasia is a proliferative swelling of the vaginal wall in female dogs, usually during estrus, driven by excess estrogen response. Small masses often resolve after estrus, but protruding masses that are abraded or infected require surgical removal.
Balanoposthitis in Dogs and Cats
Balanoposthitis is inflammation of the glans penis and prepuce in dogs and cats, usually from bacterial invasion after abrasion or poor hygiene. It causes swelling, heat, itching, and inflammatory discharge, and is treated with cleaning and veterinary-directed antibiotics.
Preputial External Injury in Dogs and Cats
Preputial external injury in dogs and cats refers to damage of the skin and fascial layers of the prepuce caused by external trauma. It commonly appears as preputial contusion, cellulitis, or abscess, and is managed by controlling infection and inflammation and keeping the area clean.
Phimosis in Dogs and Cats: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Phimosis is a narrow prepuce that prevents the penis from extending normally, with inflammation or scar tissue. It is treated medically for inflammatory forms and surgically for scarred (stenotic) forms.