![]() VOMITING AND DIARRHEA ARE A VERY COMMON SYMPTOM THAT ANIMALS PRESENT WITH. VOMITING AND DIARRHEA CAN BE CHRONIC (4 OR MORE DAYS) OR ACUTE. HERE ARE SOME VERY IMPORTANT WARNING SIGNS THAT MUST BE INVESTIGATED AS THEY MAY MEAN VERY SERIOUS GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS. IF YOU NOTICE THESE SIGNS PLEASE CALL OUR HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY. WARNING SIGNS: CHRONIC, FREQUENT VOMITING, REGURGITATION OR DIARRHEA EVIDENCE OF SHOCK - WEAK PULSE, PROLONGED CAPILLARY REFILL TIME DEPRESSION OR PERSISTENT DIARRHEA WEIGHTLOSS, DEHYDRATION OR WEAKNESS YELLOW, PALE OR CONGESTED MUCOUS MEMBRANES DIGESTED BLOOD ( COFFEE GROUND) IN THE VOMIT LARGE MALODEROUS VOMIT WHILE FOOD IS WITH HELD VOMITING FOOD GREATER THAN 6-12 HOURS AFTER INGESTION (DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING) ABDOMINAL PAIN OR DISTENSTION MELAENA ( BLACK OR TARRY STOOLS STRAINING TO HAVE A BOWEL MOVEMENT BLOOD IN THE STOOLS CONSTIPATION THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL BREED PREDISPOSITION TO GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS SUCH AS: BOXERS - CANCER, COLITIS COCKER SPANIALS - CHRONIC HEPATITIS DOBERMANS - PARVOVIRUS, HEPATITIS GERMAN SHEPERDS -PANCREATIC INSUFFICENCY, IBD, MEGAEOSOPHAGUS LARGE BREEDS - TWISTED STOMACHS (GASTRIC DILATATION VOLVULUS) ROTTWEILER - PARVOVIRUS THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES THOUGH PHYSICAL EXAM AND HISTORY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ESTABLISHING A DIAGNOSIS FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS NEEDED SUCH AS: BLOOD WORK RADIOGRAPHS BARIUM STUDIES ULTRASOUND FECAL EXAMINATION ACTH STIMULATION TEST LIVER FUNCTION TEST ENDOSCOPY EXPLORATORY SURGERY TOXICOLOGY ANA TESTING All of these services can be provided at COombs veterinary Hospital
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