Introduction to the causes of oral ulcers in cats

Jan 24,2024
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Causes of cat oral ulceration:

1. Feline leukemia virus infection, feline HIV infection, feline calicivirus infection, and feline herpes virus infection.

2. Cat nutritional factors: lack of vitamins, especially B vitamins, and lack of trace elements such as zinc and selenium.

3. Oral ulcers are caused by systemic diseases in cats, such as uremia, chronic renal failure, kidney disease, diabetes, hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism.

4. Chronic inflammation caused by trauma. Accidental ingestion of wood chips, iron wire, fish hooks, burrs, sewing needles and other foreign objects can puncture the oral cavity, causing infectious inflammation; or ingestion of certain irritating drugs or chemicals can directly cause corrosive inflammation and burn inflammation in the oral cavity. .

5. Certain oral diseases, such as squamous cell carcinoma, gingivoma, etc., and tooth and gum diseases such as dental caries, tooth abscess, dental calculus, gingivitis, gingival hyperplasia, eosinophilic granuloma, etc.

Methods for treating oral ulcers in cats:

1. If the area of ​​the cat’s oral ulcer is not very large and the wound surface is relatively shallow, it will not affect the cat’s appetite. , you can adjust the cat’s diet without using drugs, such as supplementing vitamins, boiling solid food until soft, mincing it and feeding it, and other maintenance methods to make it recover.

2. If the wound is large and deep, it is necessary to use normal saline, hydrogen peroxide or boric acid solution for flushing and then disinfection. At the same time, oral broad-spectrum antibiotics are needed to prevent the worsening of secondary infection.

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