Although cat cough is not a rare disease, it is indeed a disease that consumes physical strength, which not only affects the cat's sleep, appetite and mood, but also brings trouble to its owner invisibly. If a cat's cough is caused by a common disease, it can be cured in a week, but it is troublesome for a cat's cough caused by a special disease. So what are the causes and treatments of cat cough?
First, the cause of cat cough
Common diseases that cause cough include pulmonary edema, bronchopneumonia, tracheitis, bronchitis, tracheal paralysis, laryngitis, allergy and asthma. Primary cough is mainly caused by cold, such as wind-cold, cold-dampness and sudden climate change. It can stimulate bronchial mucosa, increase mucus secretion and promote the proliferation of bronchial bacteria.
Infectious diseases that cause cough include infectious bronchitis and cat tuberculosis. According to other clinical symptoms, make necessary examinations to find out the reasons.
Parasitic diseases that cause cough, such as filariasis. Cough, circulatory disorder, dyspnea, systolic murmur, anemia, hepatomegaly, and enlarged abdominal circumference caused by heartworm are often accompanied by nodular dermatosis, rupture of nodules, and microfilaria in blood vessels around nodules.
Second, the symptoms of cat cough
Cough in cats can be divided into dry cough and wet cough. Cough may be accompanied by other symptoms, such as runny nose or tears and fever.
1. The nature of cough is a cough with no or little phlegm, which is called dry cough. Dry cough or irritating cough is common in acute and chronic pharyngolaryngitis, laryngeal cancer, early acute bronchitis, tracheal compression, bronchial foreign bodies, bronchial tumors, pleural diseases, primary pulmonary hypertension and mitral stenosis. Cough with phlegm is called wet cough, which is common in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, lung abscess and cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis.
2. Time and regularity of cough Sudden cough is often caused by inhalation of irritating gas or foreign bodies, lymph nodes or tumors compressing trachea or bronchial bifurcation. Paroxysmal cough can be seen in whooping cough, endobronchial tuberculosis and bronchial asthma (variant asthma) with cough as the main symptom. Long-term chronic cough is more common in chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, lung abscess and tuberculosis. Cough at night is common in patients with left heart failure and pulmonary tuberculosis. The cause of nocturnal cough may be related to the aggravation of pulmonary congestion and the increase of vagus nerve excitability at night.
3. The timbre of cough refers to the characteristics of cough sound. Such as cough hoarseness, mostly caused by vocal cord inflammation or tumor compression of recurrent laryngeal nerve; Cockcrow-like cough is characterized by persistent paroxysmal cough accompanied by high-pitched inspiratory echo, which is more common in whooping cough, epiglottis, laryngeal disease or tracheal compression; Metal cough is common in mediastinal tumors, aortic aneurysms or bronchial cancer that directly compress the trachea; A low or weak cough is seen in cats with severe emphysema, vocal cord paralysis and extreme weakness.
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Third, the diagnosis method of cat cough
If you want to thoroughly check the cause of a cat's cough, you need to check its lungs with X-rays. Then, parasite infection can be eliminated by stool samples, or the cat's nose can be found by bronchoscopy for examination.
1. whole blood count: cats with asthma or heartworm infection may have eosinophilia.
2. Bronchoalveolar lavage: This can be used to collect cytological samples.
3. Analysis of pleural effusion: When pleural effusion occurs, such examination is very important.
4. Examination of heartworm: There are special examination reagents available for cats. Echocardiography may show parallel adult images.
5. Tracheoscope: You can observe abnormal secretions, tracheal stenosis or collapse in the trachea, and you can also collect samples needed for cytological examination through the endoscopic cell brush.
Fourth, the treatment measures of cat cough
Although cough may be a very serious disease, cough symptoms themselves will not endanger the life of cats, nor will they make cats seriously weak, so there is no need to suppress such symptoms, and we should focus on the diagnosis and treatment of the primary disease.
For example, cats have viral rhinotracheitis. With the help of veterinarians, tetracycline injection is 0. 1mg/kg body weight twice a day, and intravenous injection can be tried; Gentamicin 10000 unit /kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.5mg/kg body weight, mixed intramuscular injection, twice a day. In addition, conjunctivitis can be treated by blocking: cephalosporin 0.05g/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.5mg/kg body weight, 2% procaine 0. 15mg/kg body weight, subconjunctival blocking, once a day. Chloramphenicol eye drops and cortisone eye drops can also be used alternately, 3-5 times a day.
But in any case, it is best to get the advice and permission of the veterinarian before giving the medicine to the cat. Cough in cats may be a trivial matter, but if it is not treated properly, it is a big deal to induce other diseases. Therefore, it is ok to give medicine to cats, but it must be approved by professionals first.
Five, the cat cough prevention measures
1. First, avoid catching a cold and touching sick cats.
Keep warm when the weather is cold.
3. The annual vaccine deworming work should be done in place.
4. Flowers, trees and other items allergic to cats should be isolated.