Causes and treatments of oral ulcers in cats

Apr 26,2024
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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 ulcers is not very large and the wounds are relatively shallow, there is no harm to the cat. If the appetite is affected, you can treat it without medication and adjust the cat's diet, such as supplementing vitamins, boiling solid food until soft and mincing it, and feeding it with 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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