Viral cold (pus/yellow nasal discharge) and treatment methods

Viral cold symptoms: yellow/purulent nasal discharge, which may be accompanied by cough and fever, and rarely, loose stools.

Note that colds are not contagious, but viral colds may be contagious.

Treatment method:

A Chinese patent medicine + an antibiotic

Recommended combination:

Purin (Chinese patent medicine for pets) + Sunuo (Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium)

or

Maxing Shigan Oral Liquid (Chinese Patent Medicine for Pets) + Sunuo (Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium)

Note:

Although dogs can take many kinds of human medicines, they do not include human cold medicines! ! !

Human cold medicines are basically toxic to dogs. Many dogs end up dying from taking human cold medicines. Do not give people cold medicines, such as Tylenol, or something will happen!

(For what cold medicines can and cannot be taken, please see another article: Can dogs take human cold medicines: https://www.xiaokeai.com/dog/disease/24810.html)

Many parents have also tried Chinese patent medicine + antibiotic treatment, but generally the treatment effect is not satisfactory. Therefore, although Ping An’s mother has shared many human medicines that can replace pet medicines, they definitely do not include “cold medicines”, remember.

Respiratory tract infections (including bronchial infections, pneumonia, pus/yellow nasal discharge) and treatment methods

Respiratory tract infections are divided into upper respiratory tract infections and lower respiratory tract infections. Upper respiratory tract infections include rhinitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis; lower respiratory tract infections include tracheitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.

Among them, bronchitis, pneumonia, and upper respiratory tract infections are common in dogs.

Upper respiratory tract infection:

It may be inconvenient for dogs to distinguish the specific location of rhinitis, pharyngitis and laryngitis, so doctors usually directly say that the disease is "upper respiratory tract infection".

Symptoms: Similar to a cold, pus/yellow nasal discharge

Treatment method:

The medication is basically the same as that for viral colds, both are guargenin (Chinese patent medicine for pets) + Sunuo (amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium)

or

Maxing Shigan Oral Liquid (Chinese Patent Medicine for Pets) + Sunuo (Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium)

If the situation is more serious, the doctor may ask you to stay on intravenous drip for a few days and then continue to take medicine for consolidation.

Bronchitis:

This disease appeared in the dogs of group E a few days ago. They coughed and vomited, and there may be phlegm in the throat., I want to cough it out but can’t...

Symptoms: pus/yellow nasal discharge, cough, sputum production (vomiting-like cough), a small number of wheezing changes, others are similar to a cold.

Treatment methods:

Chinese patent medicines: the same two pet medicines as before.

Oral antibiotics: The pet drug Kechuanning (doxycycline hydrochloride) was prescribed by a doctor for dogs in the group; in addition, azithromycin is also used in dog treatment drugs (Qibo injection), but rarely Very rarely, parents are advised to consider azithromycin when the former is ineffective.

Pneumonia:

Pneumonia is not easy to occur. It is usually a cold or bronchitis that is not treated in time, which leads to pneumonia. Pneumonia is not a trivial matter and can be life-threatening, especially for puppies. Our dog friend group met a dog friend a few years ago. He bought a little golden retriever from a pet store, but it died within two or three days of getting home... The doctor gave the cause as pneumonia.

In other words, among the various diseases discussed in this article, the most dangerous is pneumonia. I hope parents will treat it carefully, not be careless, and get IV drip treatment from the hospital in time.

Symptoms: pus/yellow nasal discharge, uneven wheezing, and in severe cases, loss of energy and appetite. For other symptoms, refer to colds.

Treatment method:

Send it to the hospital for acupuncture and take medicine according to the doctor's instructions.

Canine distemper (pus/yellow nasal discharge) and treatment methods

One of the three major diseases of "weekly dogs" that we always mentioned before, and it is the most serious, is canine distemper.

The cure rate for canine distemper is higher in adult dogs than in puppies; the cure rate for full hospital treatment is higher than for home treatment.

The overall cure rate of canine distemper is a bit scary, and I will not publish the data.

It is recommended that new parents raising puppies keep some canine distemper test strips at home so that they can check at any time.

Note:

① Especially if a newly purchased puppy develops cold symptoms, the probability of being diagnosed with canine distemper is quite high, at least for our dog friend group E, so don’t be careless;

② Adult dogs can also suffer from canine distemper! This is caused by vaccine immunity failure.

Treatment method:

Take it to the hospital. You have to stay in the hospital for at least the first seven days. After that, whether you treat it at home or in the hospital depends on the parents' financial ability.