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Section: Overview
Veterinary CareDiagnostic TestsMany cases of acute vomiting and diarrhea are short lived, resolve easily and do not require an extensive diagnostic evaluation. Diagnostics should be performed on those pets that are having severe vomiting and diarrhea, are exhibiting other systemic signs of illness, or when the vomitus or stool contains blood. These tests may include:
As anyone who has had a young dog or cat can attest, pets are quite curious and will sometimes eat the strangest things. Endoscopy is a procedure that can be used to remove ingested foreign objects.
At one time or another your dog may have a bout of vomiting, usually from eating too much or too fast. Vomiting may be just a sign of a minor problem – or it could be something very serious.
Acute diarrhea in dogs is one of the most common clinical problems seen in veterinary practice. It is characterized by a sudden onset and short duration (three weeks or less) of watery or watery-mucoid...
An endoscope is a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera at the tip that is used to look at the inner lining of the throat, stomach and intestine, colon or at the respiratory passages to help diagnose...
Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE) is a disease syndrome seen in dogs, characterized by the acute (sudden) onset of bloody diarrhea, usually explosive, accompanied by high packed cell volumes (red blood...
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