31 Jul Dog Vomiting ; Symptoms, Treatment And Prevention! (Part 1)

If you have experienced keeping dogs as a pet, you know how quickly they become members of the family and how much the slightest problem they encounter can cause you discomfort and anxiety. Dog vomiting is a natural occurrence that every dog may encounter many times, but this vomiting can have many reasons. Sometimes vomiting may be due to a gastrointestinal illness in the dog or perhaps simple malnutrition. Therefore, they should be treated very quickly so that your dog’s health isn’t endangered. This article is about the most common diseases that cause dogs to vomit and treat and prevent them.

Dog vomiting causes

The simplest thing that can make your dog vomit is malnutrition. It means any condition that irritates the digestive system or stomach and disturbs the natural conditions of food digestion; Which can include:

• Eating food very fast
• Suddenly eating large amounts of food
• Swallowing part or all of a toy or anything non-edible

Symptoms

If the dog vomits once and has no other symptoms, it isn’t serious, and he will feel better after a while. If you know that he has eaten because of overeating and fast eating, don’t feed him anymore. Try to persuade him to drink water to make him feel better. But if you see any of the following symptoms, contact your veterinarian and ask for advice.

• Multiple vomiting during the day
• Severe vomiting
• Once vomiting but with a huge volume
• Fever
• Lethargy
• Bloody vomiting
• bloody diarrhea
• Having vomiting feeling
• Vomiting is associated with diarrhea

White foam vomiting in dogs

Vomiting white foam is different from vomiting food. It’s often a sign of illness in the dog; So you need to be careful and take him to the vet. Especially if white foam vomiting is accompanied by other symptoms such as abnormal behaviours, impatience and barking, it can often be a sign of other diseases:

• Kennel Cuff or Dog Cough
• Stomach distension or bloating
• Stomach discomfort
• Fungal infection
• Rabies

So if the dog vomits white foam and has abnormal behaviours, take him to a veterinarian immediately. 

Bloody vomiting in dogs

If you see blood in your dog’s vomit, it may have come from any part of his digestive system. So in the first step, it’s better to check the dog’s mouth and teeth. Because in some cases, this blood is due to infection, gum and tooth problems. However, if the dog has a blood clot and the dog has symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, lethargy and weakness, etc., it could indicate a more serious illness in the dog; Like:

• Inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract
• Gastric or peptic ulcer: It’s the most common type of gastric ulcer.
• Presence of a tumour in the gastrointestinal tract
• Some drugs
• Eating bones and damaging stomach tissue
• Lung bleeding

In any case, the presence of blood for any reason is a serious matter, and it’s necessary to take your dog to the veterinarian for further examination. The doctor examines and performs the necessary tests to determine the main cause of the dog’s bloody vomiting and treats it.

Important diseases and treatment

There are several reasons for dog vomiting, each with a different treatment. The veterinarian can cure these diseases in your dog. But first, he needs your information in addition to examining other symptoms that your dog has. In the following, we will introduce some diseases that cause vomiting and diarrhea in dogs. 

Eating strange things

Some substances are difficult for the dog’s digestive system to digest, such as chocolate, garbage, a bunch of grass (eating a little grass isn’t any problem). When your garbage bag is torn for no reason, the main suspect can be garbage or a toxic substance. 

Intestinal parasites

There are two types of parasites:

1. external parasites such as fleas and ticks
2. internal parasites, such as gastrointestinal parasites, which are dangerous and can cause death.

Symptoms:

• Dog diarrhea (or dysentery)
• Abnormal scratching of the buttocks
• Weight Loss
• Appetite change 
• Hair Thickening of hair
• Vomiting (you may also see a worm in the vomit )

Treatment

You should take their treatment seriously. because not only the damage they do to your dog is so great, but also these parasites egg come out of the dog’s body through their feces and endanger your health. Treatment is selected according to the type of parasite and is based on medication.

Prevention

Dogs are prescribed antiparasitic pills, depending on the type of pill, and the dog’s size may be recommended to be taken once a month or once every three months. If you haven’t started taking antiparasitic pills yet, talk to your veterinarian about it. If you plan to bring a new animal home, be sure to take him to a veterinarian to expose your other animals to the parasite.

Distemper disease

Distemper is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease. The disease is so common and dangerous that a special vaccine is given to make him resistant. 

Symptoms

• Fever
• Lethargy
• Anorexia
• Diarrhea
• Vomit
• Convulsions
• To be paralyzed

Treatment

Distemper is a viral disease, and the only thing that you can do is keep the dog strong until the disease period is over. Things a veterinarian may do based on your dog’s condition include:

• Serum therapy
• Prescribing antibiotics
• Prescribe medication to reduce diarrhea and vomiting in dogs