Diagnosis of dog pneumonia

1. Blood test: The main purpose is to understand the changes in the blood and understand the degree of infection.
2. Chest X-ray examination: The chest X-ray examination shooting process should be taken when the dog is inhaling, because this has the best diagnostic effect. This test can be used to understand the location of the basic infected lung lobe (there are two lobes in the left lung and three lobes in the right lung). And first determine the cause (such as whether it is aspiration pneumonia).
3. Sampling and culture: tracheal lavage (injecting normal saline into the trachea and then withdrawing it) or bronchoscopy (endoscope), bone marrow sampling, cerebrospinal fluid sampling, lymph node sampling, etc. The main purpose is to collect the source of infection in the lungs for laboratory culture of pathogens and drug resistance tests to select the most effective drugs.

How to deal with dog pneumonia

1. In fact, the most effective treatment method is to first find out the source of infection, and then give effective drug treatment according to the source of infection. Therefore, x-ray diagnosis is just To determine the degree of infection of dog pneumonia, sampling examination is also needed to further select drugs.
2. In addition, it is very important to replenish sufficient water, because when infected with pneumonia, the lungs need to expel these sources of infection from the body through coughing. If the dog's body does not have enough water, the sputum in the lungs will Too thick and difficult to pass.
3. Another treatment method is aerosol treatment. It can be used to assist with expectoration and provide medication. In terms of diet, it is recommended to give the dog easy-to-digest and high-protein food. If the dog’s physiological condition is not good, intravenous nutrition injection or gastric tube can be buried if necessary.

Follow-up treatment of dog pneumonia

The treatment effects vary depending on the source of infection. For example, young puppies infected with bacterial pneumonia may easily develop chronic tracheitis after recovery. Therefore, attention should be paid to prevention. For another example, anesthesia often leads to vomiting and aspiration pneumonia. Therefore, if the dog needs anesthesia or grounding, it should first fast for 6-12 hours.
In addition, regular preventive injections and the administration of heartworm preventive drugs can reduce the chance of infection.