What to do if there is tonsillitis in dogs? How to treat it?

Dog tonsillitis is a common disease in dogs. It is divided into acute and chronic tonsillitis according to its process, and is divided into primary and secondary tonsillitis according to its pathogen. Tonsillitis often occurs in dogs with short heads (such as medium-sized harriors, British bulldogs, and Boston Terrier).

1. Causes of canine tonsillitis:

Tonsillitis is an acute or chronic inflammation of the tonsillitis. Characteristics are congestion and swelling of tonsils, which are mostly bilateral. Short-headed breed dogs are more common. Primary tonsillitis is caused by physical or chemical pathogenic factors, or when the body's resistance is reduced, bacteria, viruses and fungi infections often occur in young and small breed dogs. Secondary tonsillitis is secondary to oral or systemic infection.

Phrineitis and tonsillitis usually occur at the same time.

2. Key points of diagnosis of canine tonsillitis:

1. Acute tonsillitis shows mental depression, salivation, anorexia, difficulty swallowing and breathing, dry retching, and body temperature rise. Open visual inspection can show bilateral or unilateral tonsil flushing, edema, and covered with mucus or pus.

2. Chronic tonsillitis is mostly transformed from acute inflammation, showing cough, vomiting, countercurrent and rhinoplasty.

3. Prevention and treatment methods for canine tonsillitis:

1. Penicillin can be injected 40,000 to 80,000 IU/kg intramuscularly, 2 to 3 times a day; or gentamicin can be injected 30,000 to 50,000 IU/kg intramuscularly, 2 to 3 times a day, for 3-5 days. Iodine glycerol is applied locally for inflammation.

2. Wash the pharyngeal cavity with brine, 2% sodium bicarbonate solution, 2% boric acid solution, and 0.8% sodium sulfacetyl solution, 3-4 times a day.

3. For severe inflammatory dysphagia, you can feed soft food and liquid food, or intravenous infusion to supplement nutrition.

4. In the early stages of acute tonsillitis in dogs, cold compresses can be applied to the neck.

5. For repeated attacks of tonsillitis, during remission, surgery can be considered for removal of the dog's glands.