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June 10, 2021 4 min read
Any pet parent should know how important it is to pay attention to your dog’s health. When your furry pal suddenly refuses to eat or drink, feels ill, acts lethargic, or simply doesn’t feel like his usual self, then you should know something is up.
As with most dog health conditions, pet parents must know that some cases may not always be as dreadful, and can usually wait until your next vet appointment. But noticing any amount of blood from your dog might be a different story--as seeing it can be more alarming and it’s easy to start thinking the worst.
So in this article, we’ll help you learn more about dog bleeding and what you should do in case it happens:
DOG BLEEDING can be eitherexternal or internal. External bleeding is easy to see and usually comes from a skin wound. This wound is obvious, unlike internal bleeding, which is difficult to detect and requires immediate help from your vet.
A blood loss of as little as two teaspoons per pound of body weight is enough to cause a dog to go into shock. Every dog parent should know how to control or stop bleeding, even if it’s just long enough to get a dog to the vet.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT EXTERNAL BLEEDING
External bleeding can have many causes that range from physical trauma to poisonings to infection and other internal diseases. These are most common especially for more active & more playful dogs.
Take note of these when dealing with External Bleeding:
IGNORED FACTS ABOUT BLOOD SPOTTING IN DOGS
When you spot blood on your pet’s stool or urine, or even just in and around your house, you should know that it is never a symptom you should ignore. There are various reasons and conditions for it besides having a simple external wound, so take note of these:
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT INTERNAL BLEEDING
Internal bleeding in dogs is potentially life threatening due to blood loss. Blood pools in the abdominal or chest cavity, but does not result inblood spotting in the stool or urine. So, because of its invisibility, its evaluation and treatment should never be delayed.
Some reasons for internal bleeding are poisoning, ruptured masses on the spleen, trauma and sometimes in the case of immune-mediated disease.
Again, this bleeding happens inside your dog’s body which you won’t see visible on the outside. However, there are someexternal signs which will help you determine the possibility of an internal bleeding:
When noticing one or more of these symptoms, do not delay and transport your pet to the nearest veterinary clinic for immediate diagnosis and treatment.
In times when an emergencyblood sampleis required by your veterinarian, you’ll have no other choice to carefully collect the blood from either the:
Requirements of Anesthesia: No
Repeat bleeds required: Yes
Requirements of Anesthesia: No
Repeat bleeds required: Yes
Requirements of Anesthesia: No
Repeat bleeds required: Yes
To know more about collecting blood samples, visitthis site.
Every pet parent sure hopes that we do not experience any of this at all. But educating yourself with these facts (that can save the lives of your fur babies), sure won’t hurt. Talk to us about Yunnan Baiyao if you are looking for a all natural way to control any type of blood loss.
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