Symptoms of acute abdomen in dogs

Abdominal pain can be divided into three basic types. Visceral abdominal pain: pain caused by stimulation of the nerves that control internal organs. It is not accompanied by local muscle tension and skin hypersensitivity, and is often accompanied by other symptoms such as vomiting.

Abdominal pain can be divided into three basic types. Visceral abdominal pain: pain caused by stimulation of the nerves that control internal organs. It is not accompanied by local muscle tension and skin hypersensitivity, and is often accompanied by other symptoms such as vomiting.

Somatic abdominal pain: When various layers of the abdominal wall are stimulated by external or internal stimuli, they can react quickly. It has the characteristics of staged nerve distribution of the spinal cord, accurate positioning, severe and persistent degree, and may be accompanied by the tonicity of local abdominal muscles. , tenderness and rebound tenderness.

Stretch pain: The lesion of a certain viscera causes hyperesthesia or pain in the body surface area at a certain distance from the viscera. It is mostly sharp pain, severe in degree, and clearly located. There may be tension or pain on a certain side or part of the body. Sensitive skin sensation.

Acute abdomen in dogs may be caused by acute ulcer perforation, gastric volvulus, acute gastric dilatation, intestinal obstruction, intussusception, acute pancreatitis, abdominal trauma, abdominal internal organ damage, urinary tract stones, spinal injury or Spinal cord disease, etc. cause acute abdominal pain.