There are a slow, but steady and gradual loss of kidney function in in the dogs, it is often the. The fact is that nine in every 1000 dogs that are examined suffer from chronic renal disease, and most severely, chronic renal (or kidney) failure is the leading cause of illness in older dogs.
Kidney failure is defined as the kidney. The accumulation of toxins produces the signs and symptoms of uremic poisoning. Kidney failure can appear suddenly (acute kidney failure) or happen gradually over months (chronic Most cases are the periodic type and are caused by nephritis.
Kidney - among other things regulates blood sugar, blood pressure, blood volume, water composition in the blood, and pH levels, and in fact, dogs with kidney failure do not show signs of uremia until 75 percent of functioning kidney disease is destroyed. Therefore, a substantial amount of damage occurs before the signs are noticed.
It might just be your dog. It may be more than usual. At first, this can be so normal that most owners ignore it. It might just be your dog These signs are due to the last bite. These signs are due to the failure. This leads to a large urine output over over which the dogs are unable to control, with conduction dehydration and thirst.
This stage is called uremia. This degree of uremia is determined by measuring serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, and electrolytes With the nephritis syndrome the Signs of uremia are apathy and diction, loss of appetite and weight. Dogs at this stage may urinate less than normal. Ulcers may arise in mouth. With the nephritis syndrome the dog develops edema and ascites. Vomiting, gastrointestinal and diarrhea, bleeding may occur. At the end stages of kidney failure, the dog falls into a coma.
Actually, dogs with kidney failure do not show signs of uremia until 75 percent of functioning kidney disease is destroyed. Therefore, a considerable amount of damage occurs before signs are noticed.
Kidney failure can be rejected from many reasons:
- Kidney diseases
- Poisoning, especially from antifreeze
- Complete urinary tract obstruction caused by a stone
- Congestive heart failure with low blood pressure and reduced blood flow to the kidneys
- Rupture of the bladder or urethra
- Shock, with inadequate blood flow to the kidneys
- Lyme disease
- Leptospirosis
Treating kidney failure
While chronic kidney failure can not be reversed or cured, treatment and management aimed at reducing the contributory factors and symptoms can slow its progress.
Treatment of kidney failure in dogs takes place in two phases.
If the dogs retain sufficient functional kidney cells, this is the first phase is to "restart" the kidneys. This cleaning process, called diuresis, helps to get the kidney back to function again. Other important things of initial treatment include proper nutrition and drugs to control vomiting and diarrhea.
The three possible outcomes from the first phase of treatment of kidney failure in dogs:
1) After resuming the function during the treatment, the kidney continues to work well for a few months or years;
2) during treatment, the kidney works well, but stops functioning as soon as treatment stops;
3) Kidney function will Unexpectedly, there is no reliable proof to know what income will fall in.
The second phase of treatment in dogs is to keep the kidneys functioning as long as possible. This is accomplished by one or more of the following treatments, depending on the situation:
1, A special diet. Low in protein and phosphorus. This, of kidney disease is becoming severe, a reduced protein diet will decrease the workload on the kidneys, according to the helping the dogs suffer less the kidney failure.
2. A phosphate binder. Phosphorus will be removed from the body by filtering through the kidneys. Phosphorous begins to accumulate in the blood. This also contributes to lethargy and poor appetite. Certain drugs will bind excess phosphates in the intestinal tract so they are not absorbed, resulting in lower blood levels of phosphorus.
3. Fluids given at home. This serves to be continued "restart" the kidneys as their function begins to fail again. Depending on the degree of kidney failure, this treatment can be done once daily to once weekly.
4. calcium and phosphorus must remain at about a 2: 1 ratio in the blood. As calcium and phosphorus the blood calcium level Calcitriol could be used to reduce the function of the parathyroid gland and to calcium absorption from the intestinal This is recommended if there is evidence of abnormal function of the parathyroid gland.
Therefore, many dogs suffer from kidney failure have a low red blood cell count, a bone marrow to produce a bone marrow to produce new red blood cells. A kidneys produce erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells. Epogen (or Procrit), synthetic forms of erythropoietin, will some the dogs, for some dogs, this drug can not be used long term since the immune system recognizes the drug as "foreign" and will create antibodies (immune proteins) to against it. This is recommended if there is persistent anemia present.
