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Blood in dog's faeces

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  • 03-08-2008 2:11pm
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    StormWarrior
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    My shih-tzu has had a skin allergy most of her life. Recently it became much worse and I had to take her to the vet several times. She had a steroid injection a few weeks ago, and has been on anti-histamine tablets ever since. I also wash her twice a week with a special skin allergy shampoo. She seems much better, but today I noticed she had alot of blood in her faeces. The faeces also seemed mucusy. She does not seem unwell though. Does anyone know what this could be? I cannot afford to keep taking her to the vet. Also her back legs seem to just give way occasionally for no apparent reason.


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    Victor
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    Fresh blood would suggest the lower intestinal tract and the dog equivalent of hamorroids. Congealed or semi-digested blood would suggest the upper intestinal tract and could be more serious.

    Go to vet.


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    StormWarrior
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    Do you think the vet will aks for a sample? Any idea if tests, etc will be necessary?


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    StormWarrior
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    Also, do you think blood in the faeces could be a sign that the dog needs to be wormed?


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    golden
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    I fostered a dog which had colitis which I brought to the vet and it cleared up see link http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/colitis.html thanks to the vet.

    Go to the vet to get your dog properly diagnosed.


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