What causes bloody urine in dogs and how to treat it

Causes of bloody urine in dogs:

1. Due to estrus

The dog enters the estrus period, and the female dog will have menstruation during the estrus period. During the estrus period, due to some reasons, it is mixed into the urine, which causes the illusion of blood in the urine. Male dogs with traumatic bleeding may also have hematuria.

2. Food poisoning

If you find blood in your dog’s urine, check if you have eaten something you can’t eat at the first time, such as dragon fruit, onion, chocolate, garlic, scallions, etc., which can also cause blood in your dog’s urine.

3. Do not like to drink water or lack of water intake

Dogs don’t like to drink water, which will lead to a relatively high concentration of urine in the body. Coupled with less urination, harmful substances should be excreted with urine, but due to insufficient water intake in the dog’s body, it cannot be excreted. Over time, these harmful substances will deposit to form crystals, gradually form the core of stones, and the surrounding mineral salts and colloidal substances will condense to form stones, hematuria, and other urinary diseases.

4. Often eat salty food

Dogs often eat high-salt food will lead to increased salt content in the body and high concentration of urine, which will destroy the normal body function balance of the dog. The original necrotic tissue of the urethra and the inflammatory exudate caused by crystallization The accumulation of bacteria forms the core, leading to urinary tract diseases, and the surrounding mineral salts and colloidal substances coagulate to form stones and cause hematuria.

5. Bacterial infection

Bacterial infection can cause urethral inflammation in dogs, urinary diseases can lead to hematuria symptoms, and stones can also form after a long time.

6. Holding back urine for a long time

Holding back urine can cause bladder irritation and damage to the urinary tract mucosa, leading to urethral obstruction and even hematuria.

7. Eat high-protein foods regularly

In most dogs with the disease, it is found that the owner feeds liver, lean meat and other high-protein grains as a single staple food, and the content of phosphorus and calcium in the food increases, resulting in too high levels of phosphorus in serum and urine, which are prone to stones. Hematuria symptoms.

Treatments for bloody urine in dogs:

1. Estrus: It belongs to pseudohematuria. The easiest and easy way is to take the dog for sterilization.

2. Food poisoning：保肝护肝、止血补血、及时补水、同时调整饮食。

3. Urethral bladder stones: first use drugs to expel the stones, and if it is not possible to remove them by surgery.

4. Urethral bladder infection: use antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs, such as cephalosporin, ampicillin, etc. for treatment.