Is it necessary to drain the ascites regularly if a cat has an abdominal infection?

Mar 17,2024
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Cat abdominal transmission requires regular extraction of ascites. Because ascites will accumulate in the abdominal cavity, compressing various tissues and organs, and causing symptoms such as shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, and difficulty breathing. Regular removal of ascites can relieve the cat's pain, but it cannot cure it. It needs to be treated with abdominal-transmitting drugs.

Causes of ascites from cats:

1. Feline-transmitted abdominal viruses can invade the liver, causing localized necrosis on the liver surface, liver dysfunction, and peritoneal perforation. Permeability will be enhanced, liver function will be abnormal, protein synthesis will be reduced, and the fluid in the blood vessels will change due to osmotic pressure, resulting in pleural effusion or ascites.

2. Potassium deficiency, parasitic malnutrition or dietary malnutrition caused by abdominal transmission in cats may also lead to ascites.

3. Dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart abnormalities, pericardial effusion, etc. caused by abdominal transmission in cats will cause generalized edema in the late stages of heart failure, which will also cause cats to develop Ascites.

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