How do you treat canine hepatitis ?(mild form)?

Answer 1

It really depends on how the hepatitis is presenting, there are different causes. You mainly have to treat the symptoms to try to support the body throughout the condition. Symptoms may include jaundice, anaemia or blood clotting deficiencies, as well as general symptoms like vomiting. Eye and brain problems may also be involved with hepatitis and need to be treated accordingly. Vomiting can be treated palliatively, blood clotting deficiencies require Vitamin K. Severe anaemia requires a blood transfusion, or at least a blood volume boosting IV drip. Antibiotics will probably be needed to fight the infection - hepatitis can be viral, bacterial or caused by trauma. Even with viral causes, antibiotics are a good idea to prevent secondary infection while the body fights the virus, and with traumatic causes bacterial infection is usually involved.

Usually animals with liver problems require a special diet to maintain their hepatic health. Do you know an animal with hepatitis or are you just curious? Every case is different, so treatment will be different each time. I'd suggest reading this as a general overview of canine hepatitis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canine_infectious_hepatitis

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Answer 2

Canine Hepatitis Treatment

Answer 3

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How do you treat canine hepatitis ?(mild form)?

Answer 4

There is no specific treatment for infectious canine hepatitis. Intravenous fluids and supportive care are indicated. Fortunately, excellent vaccines are available to immunize puppies as well as adults. The vaccines may contain adenovirus type 1 or type 2. Adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) is a cause of cough in the canine. Because the viruses are similar, vaccines against one cross protect against the other. Modern vaccines contain either CAV-1 or CAV-2, but not both. However, either one protects against both hepatitis and cough.

Basic Points for Treatment of Liver Disease

1. Removal of toxic agents. Identify and remove any drug or toxin which may potentially hurt the liver.

2. Rest and confinement. This will help divert body resources to the healing process at the liver and reduce discomfort caused by inflammation of the liver such as painful belly, nausea, malaise.

3. Dietary management: Extremely important. The goal is to provide all the necessary nutrients which may be lost due to failure of liver processing without overtaxing the liver with regards to processing of dietary intake. High levels of top quality protein to provide the essential amino acids in an easily digestible carrier which will not produce high levels of ammonia during digestion. Cottage cheese is good, meat tends to produce high levels of ammonia. High level carbohydrates to drive the metabolism of the body, essential fatty acids not less than 6% of the daily intake, and a good mineral and vitamin supplement. Force feeding may be necessary.

4. Control of ascites and water retention. Reduce sodium intake. Diuretics will help in resistant cases.

5. Control concurrent infections with antibiotics.

6. Deal with the concurrent medical problems as they crop up. Remember that the dog may develop bleeding problems, malabsorption problems, and neurological problems. Each separate problem has to be dealt with both individually and as a part of the whole disease entity. Neurological symptoms such as coma need to be addressed aggressively with a combination of therapies.

I realise that this is a long, possibly boring paper that is far from complete. I cannot emphasize too strongly how difficult this topic is. I gleaned this information from a single source Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine edited by Stephen J.Ettinger 1989.



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Answer 5

No to be stupid here or anything , but since a vet was the one that told you that your dog had canine hepatitis.. wouldn't that would have been the best time to ask this question.

I think I would have taken the advice from a vet rather than take my chances in here from people who ask...What do I name my puppy?.

I am sorry that this sounds harsh or anything...But so many people come in here (after being at a vet ) and ask what to do. You have to realize you have no clue who you are getting this advice from and you can be putting your dogs health in danger. You have to use your own judgment from answers you get from Vet Tech..Vets..Recuser. Not every one is who they say they are.

If you haven't taken your dog to a vet yet and just wanted to know what is going on , then I say go for it...But you also need to take the dog to the vet. or at least call them and say some vet on Yahoo Q&A's told me to do this what do you think. Like getting a second opinion. That ought to get your vet goat.

I hope your dog is alright, but please call your vet if you forgot to ask him/her ..they are better at answering this question.

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