Gastric foreign body usually refers to the cat ingested into food other than the item, it can not be digested by gastric juice, and is not easy to pass out of the body through vomiting or defecation, thereby remaining in the stomach, causing digestive disorders and caused by diseases. The disease is clinically common in pets. Clinical symptoms vary greatly due to the size and nature of the foreign body in the stomach. When the foreign body in the stomach is small, there are usually no obvious symptoms, but when eating solid food, it may show periodic vomiting or dry vomiting, and the cat has progressive wasting. When the foreign body in the stomach is large and hard, symptoms of gastritis are present, and vomiting and abdominal pain may be seen. When the foreign body in the stomach is a sharp object, it can cause damage to the gastric mucosa or even perforation, causing peritonitis, or stabbing organs such as the liver, resulting in secondary injury.
Foreign bodies in the stomach refer to hairballs, wool, toys, rubber, stones, fish hooks, bones, etc. stuck in the stomach, which can neither be digested nor excluded from the body, affecting the function of the gastrointestinal tract.
Cats like to eat fishy, rodents, bones, several cats compete for food or be frightened, swallow and digest difficulties; cats are lively and playful, during the play of accidentally eating erasers, wool, stones, toys, fish hooks, iron filings, etc., stuck in the stomach can not digest; Individual cats suffer from vitamin deficiencies, mineral deficiencies and other diseases and have a different appetite for coat, stone sand, indoor furniture, etc. into the stomach.
I. Symptoms:
Some cats have foreign bodies in the stomach, but they do not show clinical symptoms; Some cats have foreign bodies in their stomachs, but sometimes they eat less and vomit, which often do not attract the attention of their owners; Sharp foreign bodies remain in the stomach, and symptoms of gastritis can occur due to puncture of the gastric membrane, and it is easy to recur during drug treatment.
Some cat stomach immortals have foreign bodies and often appear to vomit, appetite and inedible, chronic weight loss; Some cats mistakenly eat long hair and wool, and the first end has been exposed PP, while the other end is still outside the mouth, showing uneasiness, pain, not eating or drinking, and begging the owner.
2. Causes and prevention
Foreign bodies in the stomach are a common disease of cats, such as sewing needles and other items, too sharp, once swallowed, easy to penetrate the stomach wall, and then to the liver and gallbladder, and even the heart and lungs caused great harm. Due to the timely detection of this disease, no other harm has been caused, which also reminds the owners that if the pets are abnormal, they should seek medical treatment in time.
Cats, especially kittens, often swallow foreign bodies by mistake when playing, such as rubber balls, thread balls, bones, fish hooks, small toys, small glass balls, stones and other foreign bodies, thus causing the disease. Cats, especially long-haired cats, when combing the coat with their tongues, are easy to swallow the hair that has fallen off into the stomach, and over time they will form hairs in the stomach and cause the disease. In addition, when cats lack a certain vitamin or trace element, heterophilia will occur, and foreign bodies are often addicted to foreign bodies and cause the disease.
In order to prevent the occurrence of this disease, cats should be provided with balanced nutrition to meet their needs for trace elements and minerals to prevent the occurrence of heterophilia. Secondly, when feeding, the cat should not be frightened, and the size of the food and playthings should be appropriate. It is also necessary to maintain the hygiene of the long-haired cat's nest and remove the lost coat in time.
3. Other treatment methods
Surgery is the most effective and quick way to treat the disease. A small metal foreign body such as a needle enters the gastrointestinal tract, and in surgical treatment, it is not necessary to cut the gastrointestinal tract, and the foreign body can be removed after puncturing the foreign body from the wall of the gastrointestinal tube. This greatly reduces surgical damage to the gastrointestinal tract. For other gastric foreign bodies, depending on the situation, the following two methods can also be taken:
(1) Emetic method: the foreign body in the stomach can be used when it is small and smooth. The drug is optionally apomorphine, 0.04 mg per kilogram of body weight, intravenously, or 0.08 mg per kilogram of body weight, subcutaneously or intramuscularly;
(2) Laxative method: liquid paraffin or vegetable oil 3-5 ml of irrigation, as well as methylcellulose or agar compound irrigation, can discharge small foreign bodies and hairballs and other foreign bodies; feed with small pieces of meat or leeks, which can often discharge small and sharp foreign bodies in the stomach with feces.