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What to do about cat hemorrhoids

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This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. Olivia Johnson
Cat hemorrhoids can be treated by adjusting eating habits, washing with warm salt water, oral drugs, topical drugs, and surgery. Treatment can control the aggravation of the disease and reduce the damage to local skin after the disease. However, when taking treatment measures, you need to go to a regular hospital to consult a professional doctor, and you are not allowed to do it privately to avoid causing damage to the skin and affecting disease control. If the disease continues to worsen, it is recommended that the owner take the cat to a regular pet hospital for an anal examination in time, and then adjust treatment measures according to the specific conditions of the disease.

1. Adjust eating habits

Hemorrhoids may be caused by unhealthy eating habits and poor defecation habits, or may be caused by local inflammation and stimulation, which can lead to swelling in the anus, accompanied by perianal itching and pain. , bloody stool and other symptoms. You need to adjust your eating habits, avoid eating too greasy food, and choose low-fat cat food.

2. Warm salt water cleaning

Suffering from this disease may cause perianal discharge. It is necessary to use warm salt water for cleaning, which can remove local secretions, disinfect and sterilize, and prevent local inflammation.

3. Oral drugs

If severe pain occurs in the perianal area, you need to take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs under the guidance of a doctor to achieve analgesic effect. Relieve local pain.

4. Topical drugs

Cat hemorrhoids can be treated with hemorrhoid ointment under the guidance of a doctor. The medicine needs to be applied to the local skin. When the ointment is completely absorbed by the body, the treatment can be achieved. effects of this disease.

5. Surgery

If the hemorrhoids are relatively large and the above treatments have no effect, surgical excision treatment is required under the operation of a doctor to remove the lesions and achieve a curative effect.

During the treatment period, the cat’s anus needs to be cleaned and sanitized. After going to the toilet, it needs to be rinsed with running water in time. This can prevent bacterial invasion and is helpful for disease recovery.