Dog's Urinary Tract Infection Causes And Treatment
The a bacterial infection is usually the cause of a dog’s urinary tract infection. Painful urination and difficulty urinating can be caused by a urinary tract infection.
The primary cause of most urinary tract infections is the presence of bacteria in the bladder. Bacteria may enter the bladder through the dog’s urethra. The urethra is the narrow tube that expels the urine from the bladder when a dog urinates.
Cats are more likely to get urinary tract infections than dogs. Female dogs are more susceptible to urinary tract infections because their urethra’s are much smaller than the males’which means it bacteria is more likely to migrate to the bladder.
Urinary tract infections in dogs can cause blood, crystals, or pus to be present in the urine. An increased need to urinate, lower back pain, increased thirst, and increased volume in urination can also be caused by a urinary tract infection. A previously housebroken dog may have accidental urination in the house if it has a urinary tract infection.
When diagnosing a urinary tract infection in dogs, the veterinarian may do a rectal exam. This allows the veterinarian to feel the dog’s urethra. The veterinarian is likely to press on the dog’s abdomen to feel the bladder and take a urine sample for analysis.
An upper urinary tract infection in dogs can negatively affect kidney functioning. Lower urinary tract infections do not affect the kidneys but still need to be treated.
Antibiotics are usually used to treat a dog’s urinary tract infection. The veterinarian uses information from the analysis of the urine sample to determine which antibiotic would be the most effective to treat the infection.
The antibiotic may fail to clear the infection if the dog does not receive the total prescribed amount of the antibiotic. In some cases, the dog can have an underlying condition that is making the dog prone to urinary tract infections.
Diabetes mellitus and Cushing’s disease are examples of diseases that can make a dog susceptible to developing urinary tract infections. If the dog is on medication for another condition or has a abnormality of its anatomy, the dog can be prone to urinary tract infections.
The symptoms of urinary tract infections can also because by other dog diseases. Bladder stones and bladder cancer can both mimic the symptoms of a urinary tract infection and can cause urinary tract infections.
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