"Cat's lower urinary system disease" is just a general term, which includes many diseases related to cat's urethra, such as cat's spontaneous cystitis, urinary calculi, urinary tract infection, urinary tract embolus and other urinary tract diseases.
1. Spontaneous cystitis in cats: Spontaneous cystitis in cats is probably the disease with the highest proportion of urinary system diseases in cats, accounting for 60%. Because the specific cause of the disease has not been found so far, it is temporarily called spontaneity. This disease can be light or heavy. For example, if a cat does not cause urinary tract obstruction, it can improve itself without treatment. Even the owner didn't find that the cat had this disease from beginning to end.
2. Cat urinary tract stones: Cat urinary tract stones are also commonly known as "cat stones", which are divided into acidic stones and alkaline stones. In the incidence of lower urinary tract diseases in cats, feline calculus accounts for about 20%, second only to feline spontaneous cystitis. Cats usually eat more meat, so the urine is naturally acidic, and the PH value is generally around 6.0-6.5. If it is much higher than this PH value, cat urine is often strongly alkaline, which is easy to cause alkaline stones; On the contrary, it is acid stones.
3, cat urinary embolus: this disease is related to cat stones. If the alkaline stones formed by cats block the urinary tract at the urethral orifice, the male cat's urethra will be narrowed and urinary embolus will easily appear.
4. Cat urinary tract infection:/kloc-The probability of cystitis caused by bacterial infection in cats under 0/0 is very low. Only cats over the age of 10 are more likely to cause urinary tract infection if the urine concentration drops. Antibiotics can only be used if the urinary tract infection in cats is diagnosed.
Second, what are the symptoms of cats suffering from lower urinary system diseases?
1. The sick cat wants to go to the toilet but can't pee: the cat goes to the toilet frequently, but it has the intention to pee but can't pee.
2. Indiscriminate urination: Because I often go to the toilet and can't pee, sometimes I may accidentally pee if I don't have time to go to the toilet. At this time, the cat will be spoiled, so the owner should not get angry and criticize the cat when he sees the cat urinating indiscriminately. Pay attention to whether the cat has urinary system diseases.
3. Crying in pain: If the cat can't urinate for a long time, it is also very painful to hold it all the time, so sometimes the cat will cry when going to the toilet. In this case, the owner also needs to pay attention.
4. Where the cat keeps licking urine: When the cat has urinary system diseases, it will often show the urine place because of discomfort, and sometimes it may see slight inflammation and redness.
5. Less urine: If the owner takes good care of the cat, you can notice that the urine volume of the cat is smaller than usual after suffering from urinary system diseases.
6. Cat hematuria: Some cats will have hematuria if they have serious urinary system diseases.
The above analysis of cat's lower urinary system diseases by Dr. Paw Paw can be combined with the above symptoms of pet owners. If they notice that the cat urinates abnormally and suspect the disease, they need to take the cat to the pet hospital for examination and treatment in time. Cats cannot urinate for a long time, which may cause more serious diseases. This tests the meticulous degree of the owner's usual care for the cat.