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Vomiting in small animals - Coggle Diagram
Vomiting in small animals
Primary GI
Investigation
Imaging (US good for thickness of intestinal wall)
Bloods and biochem show status but not cause
Causes
Stomach
Gastritis
Gastric foreign bodies
Gastric ulceration
Disorders of the pylorus
Abnormal gastric motility
NO DIARRHOEA
Intestine
Enteritis (parvo, corona)
- garbage
Intestinal obstruction
Chronic inflammatory enteropathy
Neoplasia
Usually vomiting first then diarrhoea
Clues
Relate to eating
Foreign bodies or secretory disorders can vomit without eating
Normal in all respects including appetite
Palpable abnormality
Vomiting associated with large bowel diarrhoea or significant / concurrent small bowel diarrhoea
Vomiting preceded development of signs of malaise
Secondary GI
Clues
Vomiting after other signs of malaise
Other clinical signs
Metabolically ill
Investigation
Bloods, biochem, urinalysis (not great in cats)
Imaging not very helpful
Biopsies
Common causes
Pancreatitis
Liver disease
Renal disease
Define the system
Accessory digestive organ (panncreas)
Electrolyte imbalance
Endogenous toxins
Kidney
Liver
Ketoacidosis (diabetes)
Infection
Exogenous toxins
Primary CNS
Stages
Nausea
Retching
Vomiting