Although Pyrometry is not a disease common to all sexes and all ages of dogs, learning about this form of dog disease is quite necessary especially if your canine pet is female and ages five years and progressing. This ailment is characterized by uterus with excessive lining which poses as a pus within this part of the reproductive organ. Once attacked and left unnoticed, female dogs will surely be killed.
Hormonal imbalance is said to be the major contributory factor why your female canine pet experiences this disease. The level of progesterone seems to be rocketing thus resulting to overactive uterine lining where the secretions tend to occupy the cavity within the structure and further results to distention. Such accumulated secretions attributes to the “pussy” appearance of the uterus.
Detection of the disease may not at all that easy but diagnoses are often made clear basing on the recent heat undergone by the animal. A number of clinical signs are also used to verify if your pet is experiencing this form of disease. These signs include vomiting, diarrhea, your pet do not seem to have interest on the food given to them but instead show excessive preference for water, vaginal discharges that have foul smell, and obvious and unnatural enlargement of the abdominal region. Should signs be noticed, owners should see to it that their pets get immediate veterinary care in order for appropriate measures to be taken especially if the need for surgery appears necessary. Additional routine hospital tests would include blood counts especially white blood cell, along with radiographs which will confirm presence of pus in the uterus.
The only certain thing that can prevent this form of disease from infesting your pet is for your pet to undergo spaying or ovariohysterectomy, a surgical procedure that removes all the components of the female reproductive organ. This procedure is advised as the root cause of the disease is more of systemic and cannot be controlled by other existing means. As these organs are removed, production of estrogen and progesterone, hormones that influence sexual characteristics, are also regulated and literally eliminated as well.
In general, this operation is safe and effective. However there might be instances or characteristics of your pet that might pose risk on the operation and such would include existing serious ailments such as heart, kidney or malfunctions of other major organs as well as the age of your pet. But despite these potential risks, as long as proper support therapy is applied, owners need not worry for their pets would surely survive the surgery without any complications.
