Symptoms of dog pleurisy

1. The dog’s body temperature rises by 1 to 2 degrees, and the dog coughs short and painfully. The dog stretches its head and neck and breathes through its mouth.
2. Palpate the dog's chest. The dog will show pain and uneasiness and try its best to avoid inspection, and even tremble.
3. Dogs who are sick usually sleep in a standing position.
4. The systemic symptoms of chronic pleurisy are often not obvious, with only shortness of breath or repeated fever.

Common causes of dog pleurisy

1. Common causes of traumatic pleurisy: such as traffic accidents, fights between dogs biting the chest, air gun bullet wounds and puncture infections, etc. .
2. Common causes of secondary pleurisy: secondary pleurisy is caused by pneumonia, pericarditis, tuberculosis, chest tumors and sepsis.

Treatment of dog pleurisy

The principle of treatment of dog pleurisy is to eliminate inflammation, stop exudation, promote the absorption and discharge of exudate, and control infection and poisoning.
1. Promote the absorption of exudates: In order to promote the absorption and dissipation of inflammation, 10% camphor alcohol, mustard mud, 6~10% mustard essence or ammonia liniment and other stimulants can be applied to the chest wall. Diuretics or laxatives can be used if necessary.
2. Stop leakage: To prevent massive leakage of pleural exudate, 10-30 ml of 10% calcium gluconate solution or 5-15 ml of 2-40/0 calcium lactate solution can be injected intravenously. Use it for several days.
3. Use antiviral drugs: such as Virusin, Virucin, etc., and use broad-spectrum antibiotics, such as chlortetracycline, kanamycin, etc. For high fever, metamizole and metamizole are used together.