How to deal with esophageal obstruction in dogs

1. Mild infarction often heals after repeated choking or spasmodic swallowing, when the obstruction is spit out or enters the stomach on its own.
2. Most of them require treatment. You can first take liquid paraffin or vegetable oil, and then subcutaneously inject pilocarpine nitrate (pilocarpine nitrate). After a few hours, the disease can be cured.
3. You can also use a thin gastric tube to carefully push the foreign body into the stomach after taking liquid paraffin.
4. Connect an inflator to the gastric tube and inflate rhythmically. When the esophagus is dilated, use the gastric tube to slowly push the obstruction into the stomach.
5. It is best for the owner to send the dog to the pet hospital for examination and treatment immediately without delay to prevent other complications.

Common causes of esophageal blockage in dogs

1. The dog is overly hungry, eats food too quickly, swallows large mouthfuls of food without fully chewing it, or is disturbed while eating food and suddenly becomes angry. Head swallowing etc.
2. Accidental swallowing of foreign objects such as gloves and wooden balls due to play can cause esophageal infarction in dogs.
3. The feed is mixed with bones, meat, fish bones and other objects, which may cause obstruction when eating.
4. Esophageal infarction can occur in any part of the esophagus, but it is most likely to occur at the chest entrance of the esophagus, at the bottom of the heart and into the esophageal hiatus.

Symptoms of esophageal obstruction in dogs

1. When the esophageal obstruction is incomplete, the disease suddenly occurs. The sick dog shows mild restlessness, vomiting and choking movements, slow food intake, and refuses to eat large pieces of food. (meat, bones), pain when swallowing.
2. When there is complete infarction or obstruction by sharp foreign objects, the sick dog suddenly refuses to eat, is highly restless, has a straight head and neck, drools a lot, chokes or vomits, spits out foamy mucus and blood, and often scratches its hind limbs. Scratching the neck, coughing, or even suffocation.

Preventive measures for dog esophageal blockage

1. Feeding must be done regularly and quantitatively, so as not to make the dog excessively hungry and avoid uneven satiety and hunger. Dogs should stay quiet when eating and avoid human disturbance. Bones should be fed after other foods have been eaten.
2. During training, beware of dogs accidentally eating foreign objects.
3. Avoid mixing foreign objects and sharp small bones into the food. It is best not to feed chicken and duck bones directly to dogs. It is best to give the pig and cow bones in large pieces to the dog to chew whole, and it is best to give them to the dog after eating normally.