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Dog Prostatitis (Prostate Gland Infections).
Symptoms and info on dog prostatitis to help maintain a healthy dog.
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Dog Prostate Gland Infection Symptoms
1. Dog may walk with an arched back.
2. Stiff back legs and sorter strides.
3. Urine often painfully passed in short intermittent spurts.
4. Possible blood or pink tinge to urine.
5. Lack of appetite and fever.
6. Only in male dogs.
What Causes Dog Prostate Gland Infections?
This condition as you may have guessed is caused by infection and inflammation in the prostate gland. The prostate gland is a small almost spherical gland that is situated in the urethra (tube inside the penis used to urinate through) and produces fluids to carry and feed sperm during the mating process.
The pain felt by your dog when urinating is simply because of the increased size of the gland causing the urethra tube to have a smaller opening and more pain and strenuous attempts to pass urine.
What Your Vet May Say or Do
After letting your vet know about the symptoms you are seeing in your dog, he will then probably check for fever by checking the temperature of your dog. If prostate gland infections are still a possible case then your vet will have to confirm this by feeling the enlarged prostate gland with their fingers via the anus.
When this is done a simple course of antibiotics, anti inflammatory, and hormone injections should cure the condition.
In rare occasions your dog may have reoccurring prostatitis and a castration may be advisable to cause the prostate gland to shrink and be of less risk of infection.
Even after this treatment the infection may have already travelled to the backbones directly above causing a different condition called discospondilitis which will need to be treated separately.
Other Possible Conditions
Dog Stranguria (Straining to Pass Urine)
Dog Bacterial Cystitis Bladder Problem
Dog Cystitis with Bladder Stones (Crystals)
Dog Bladder Tumor
Dog Prostatic Hypertrophy (Enlarged Prostate Glands)
Dog Prostatic Tumors
Dog Penis and Vagina Infections and Inflammation
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