Dog Vomiting: Causes, Color, Frequency Analysis, and Treatment
Dog Vomiting: Causes, Color, Frequency Analysis, and Treatment
Vomiting is a common symptom in dogs, and many pet owners are afraid when they see their dog vomit. But in many cases, vomiting is a protective reflex in dogs that can expel indigestible or harmful substances from the body.
There are many reasons why dogs vomit, and the manifestations are different. The most common causes include:
Acute infection: such as bacterial gastroenteritis, parvovirus enteritis, food poisoning, etc.
Pharyngeal, esophageal, and gastrointestinal abnormalities: such as esophageal foreign bodies, gastritis, gastric ulcers, etc.
To better determine the cause of a dog's vomiting, we can analyze the vomit color, frequency, and other symptoms.
I. Analysis of Vomit Color in Dogs
1. Food: If the dog vomits food and then eats it back quickly, and is fine afterwards. This is a physiological vomiting, similar to rumination, and usually does not require medical attention.
2. Saliva: If the vomit is saliva, most of the time it is a problem with the esophagus, such as an esophageal foreign body (food stuck in the esophagus, usually bones).
3. Clear or white liquid: This is gastric juice, the gastric acid secreted by the stomach. This type of vomiting is most common in acute gastritis. If the dog recovers after vomiting, you can withhold food for 12 hours to observe, and if vomiting persists, you should seek medical attention, as it could also be caused by gastrointestinal obstruction, liver, kidney, or pancreatitis.
4. Yellow-green: This indicates that bile has been vomited, and usually seeing this color vomit requires medical attention! This can indicate many conditions, including the above-mentioned liver, kidney, and pancreas problems, as well as gastric ulcers.
5. Brown: The vomit is brown, not the color of the feed or food, but the gastric juice itself is brown, meaning there is bleeding in the stomach. The most common cause is gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers.
6. Bright red: This indicates acute bleeding, please seek immediate medical attention!
II. Analyzing the Cause of Dog Vomiting by Frequency
The frequency of dog vomiting can also be used to initially determine the cause of vomiting.
1. Once vomiting a large amount of normal gastric contents, and does not occur again in a short period of time: This indicates overfeeding.
2. Vomiting or dry heaving after eating, or 2-3 hours after eating: This is often due to acute gastric dilatation.
3. Vomiting frequently and repeatedly after eating, until the contents are vomited out: This is often due to stomach, duodenal, or pancreatic disease.
III. Treatment Measures
When a dog vomits, the first thing to do is observe the frequency, number of times, color and amount of vomit, and other symptoms. If the dog vomits 1-2 times, has no other abnormal manifestations, and continues to eat after vomiting, it is likely to be physiological vomiting, which can be ignored, but this is relatively rare. Excluding physiological vomiting, if vomiting occurs, the following measures are generally taken:
1. No special treatment is required for dogs who vomit without affecting their appetite.
2. For dogs who vomit frequently and affect their appetite, they should be fasted and withheld from water for 4-6 hours to prevent aspiration. After the vomiting stops, gradually resume feeding or supplement nutrition and water intravenously.
3. Sedation and antiemetic: You can take vitamin B6, diazepam, metoclopramide, atropine, or human medications such as domperidone orally, or chlorpromazine orally or intramuscularly, or you can also give amoxapine intramuscularly for antiemetic.
4. If vomiting is too frequent, persists for a long time, the dog does not eat, or vomits immediately after eating, and at the same time there are other abnormal manifestations, such as lethargy, fever, etc., then you should seek medical attention immediately.
Summary
Dogs who vomit frequently and vomit something other than food, with a different color, may be suspected of gastritis, gastric foreign bodies, gastric torsion, food poisoning, drug poisoning, or the early stage of canine parvovirus.
Overall, although dogs often act as if nothing has happened after vomiting, it is better to take your dog to the hospital to see a doctor, except for physiological vomiting (rumination).
Vomiting is a common symptom in dogs, and many pet owners are afraid when they see their dog vomit. But in many cases, vomiting is a protective reflex in dogs that can expel indigestible or harmful substances from the body.
There are many reasons why dogs vomit, and the manifestations are different. The most common causes include:
Acute infection: such as bacterial gastroenteritis, parvovirus enteritis, food poisoning, etc.
Pharyngeal, esophageal, and gastrointestinal abnormalities: such as esophageal foreign bodies, gastritis, gastric ulcers, etc.
To better determine the cause of a dog's vomiting, we can analyze the vomit color, frequency, and other symptoms.
I. Analysis of Vomit Color in Dogs
1. Food: If the dog vomits food and then eats it back quickly, and is fine afterwards. This is a physiological vomiting, similar to rumination, and usually does not require medical attention.
2. Saliva: If the vomit is saliva, most of the time it is a problem with the esophagus, such as an esophageal foreign body (food stuck in the esophagus, usually bones).
3. Clear or white liquid: This is gastric juice, the gastric acid secreted by the stomach. This type of vomiting is most common in acute gastritis. If the dog recovers after vomiting, you can withhold food for 12 hours to observe, and if vomiting persists, you should seek medical attention, as it could also be caused by gastrointestinal obstruction, liver, kidney, or pancreatitis.
4. Yellow-green: This indicates that bile has been vomited, and usually seeing this color vomit requires medical attention! This can indicate many conditions, including the above-mentioned liver, kidney, and pancreas problems, as well as gastric ulcers.
5. Brown: The vomit is brown, not the color of the feed or food, but the gastric juice itself is brown, meaning there is bleeding in the stomach. The most common cause is gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers.
6. Bright red: This indicates acute bleeding, please seek immediate medical attention!
II. Analyzing the Cause of Dog Vomiting by Frequency
The frequency of dog vomiting can also be used to initially determine the cause of vomiting.
1. Once vomiting a large amount of normal gastric contents, and does not occur again in a short period of time: This indicates overfeeding.
2. Vomiting or dry heaving after eating, or 2-3 hours after eating: This is often due to acute gastric dilatation.
3. Vomiting frequently and repeatedly after eating, until the contents are vomited out: This is often due to stomach, duodenal, or pancreatic disease.
III. Treatment Measures
When a dog vomits, the first thing to do is observe the frequency, number of times, color and amount of vomit, and other symptoms. If the dog vomits 1-2 times, has no other abnormal manifestations, and continues to eat after vomiting, it is likely to be physiological vomiting, which can be ignored, but this is relatively rare. Excluding physiological vomiting, if vomiting occurs, the following measures are generally taken:
1. No special treatment is required for dogs who vomit without affecting their appetite.
2. For dogs who vomit frequently and affect their appetite, they should be fasted and withheld from water for 4-6 hours to prevent aspiration. After the vomiting stops, gradually resume feeding or supplement nutrition and water intravenously.
3. Sedation and antiemetic: You can take vitamin B6, diazepam, metoclopramide, atropine, or human medications such as domperidone orally, or chlorpromazine orally or intramuscularly, or you can also give amoxapine intramuscularly for antiemetic.
4. If vomiting is too frequent, persists for a long time, the dog does not eat, or vomits immediately after eating, and at the same time there are other abnormal manifestations, such as lethargy, fever, etc., then you should seek medical attention immediately.
Summary
Dogs who vomit frequently and vomit something other than food, with a different color, may be suspected of gastritis, gastric foreign bodies, gastric torsion, food poisoning, drug poisoning, or the early stage of canine parvovirus.
Overall, although dogs often act as if nothing has happened after vomiting, it is better to take your dog to the hospital to see a doctor, except for physiological vomiting (rumination).
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