Leave a bone for Tia Nicknames: Tia, Stinky, Trog, Dog-ter, Tinky, TT-Girling, Rog, Troggle,Trogster! Doggie Dynamics:
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Birthday: October 15th 1999 Likes: Food, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats Pet-Peeves: Mean Dogs, Short Leashes, Screaming Children, Nail Clips, Baths, Reaching Arms Favorite Toy: Weiner Dog Squeaky Toy Favorite Food: Steak, Chicken, anything we eat Favorite Walk: Park Best Tricks: Kisses, catches food in the air and chasing flies down to kill Arrival Story: Husband got her in a mall :) someone was moving and could not take her with so they were trying to sell her and he gave them 25$. Tia was 6 months when she came home to me :) Forums Motto: Tia ~ I love to give Kisses The Last Forum I Posted In: Advanced Cataracts I've Been On Dogster Since:
I was so sick so quick! Monday morning it started, vomit all day could not hold water. Mom said taking me to Vet Tuesday but I couldn't wait really fast within hours (9:30 PM) I was throwing up major amounts of blood, at which time Mom and Dad took me into emergency. DR had never seen so much blood and thought I had been rat poisioned... Somehow or ate a razor or object.. i would never I am not stupid! Any how after 2 nights in hospital I'm going home wiht new diet no prcesed foods NO PROK or Steak scraps.. Mom uses wellnes and that is fine for me..
HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS (HGE)
(BLOODY VOMITING AND DIARRHEA)
About HGE
Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis ( HGE ) is an inflammation of the stomach and intestineswhich results is repeated vomiting and diarrhea both of which becomes bloody as the condition progresses. There are a variety of risk factors which may result is gastroenteritis which then progresses to HGE. Risk factors include: eating rancid or spoiled food, dead animals, foreign material, & toxic plants, stress, and having a high load of internal parasites in the intestines such as hook or whip worms. Some clinicians feel HGE is caused by a gastrointestinal virus.
Symptoms
• Acute onset of bloody vomit • Acute onset of progressively bloody diarrhea
• Physical exam reveals dehydration, abdominal pain, fever, and usually a high
heart rate.
• Blood work usually normal except for severe dehydration. A CBC (complete
blood count) and blood chemistry profile is recommended to eliminate other
causes of bloody diarrhea and vomiting.
• Radiology- (X-rays) usually show dilated loops of intestine with fluid and gas,
but it is not a typical "obstructive pattern" seen with a foreign body or other GI
obstruction..
Therapy
Generally aggressive supportive care with IV fluids, antibiotics, anti-ulcer medications will turn these dogs right around in a day or two, sometimes even within a few hours after getting re-hydrated. Occasionally a dog will need to be given an anti-emetic (anti vomiting ) drug as well. The bloody diarrhea usually takes several days to clear up but the stool should get firmer and less bloody every day. The animal is started back on small amounts of bland food and water only after not vomiting for more than 24 hours. It generally takes 2-3 days for the dogs to recover and may take up to a week for the stool to be normal.
Prognosis
Fair to good with aggressive supportive care. If the condition has not been promptly addressed, the prognosis is less favorable. Dogs that present in a weak & shocky condition are at risk to become septic when bacteria from the compromised gut invades the blood stream causing a severe bacterial infection which then spreads to the entire body via the blood. Dogs that become septic have a poor prognosis and die of multiple organ failure. The key to a favorable outcome is early aggressive therapy.
