Diarrhoea usually stops in three or four days.
Not exact matches
However, advising mothers on home management of
diarrhoea is
usually the last activity carried out by the busy health worker, and often the least well done.
It also reduces nutritional losses which
usually accompany
diarrhoea.
Deaths from
diarrhoea are, in fact,
usually associated with undernutrition.
I
usually would give probiotics to my paediatric patients who had just undergone antibiotics treatment, as they always complaint of
diarrhoea post antibiotics.
Although
diarrhoea is a symptom of wet tail, it
usually is more severe than regular
diarrhoea.
There may be
diarrhoea in the cage, the hamster may be quiet with a loss of appetite but it is not
usually as severe.
Diarrhoea may be present in some cases of pyometra, but
usually vomiting, excessive drinking and urination are more common clinical signs.
Clinical signs of pyometra present after four to eight weeks after estrus (heat); during estrus the cervix is open as the female is looking to accept a mate, this is the time that an infectious agent (
usually E. coli) infect the uterus; if the
diarrhoea has been occurring for more than four weeks, it is possible that it may have contributed to the pyometra, but
usually pyometra is caused by bacteria from the urinary tract or normal vaginal flora.
Usually when a dog has vomiting and
diarrhoea, we think about infectious gastroenteritis, food allergy or poisoning.
If your cat eats too much of it (
usually they like to inhale it rather than eat it), vomiting and
diarrhoea can occur, but the effects are short - lasting.
Treatment is
usually centered around a definitive diagnosis as different conditions have different treatments; long term
diarrhoea with blood may be attributable to a foreign body, but after this amount of time I would imagine that other symptoms of intestinal blockage or loss of appetite would have shown.
These worms are
usually not a serious problem for adult animals, but can be life - threatening to puppies and kittens that may experience severe dehydration as a result of vomiting and
diarrhoea.
The anal glands
usually only get in trouble after a round of
diarrhoea or constipation, which stops them emptying regularly, under normal poo pressure, and so the cycle starts.
Poison ivy normally doesn't affect dogs as it can not make contact with the skin due to their coat; however, ingestion of poison ivy
usually causes gastrointestinal upset (vomiting,
diarrhoea and abdominal pain) and irritation in and around the mouth.
Although I always recommend visiting your Veterinarian in cases of poisoning, buckeye poisoning is
usually mild with gastrointestinal irritation (generally drooling, vomiting and
diarrhoea) being the only clinical signs.
Our travel medical kit
usually includes ibuprofen, a few plasters, dimenhydrinate (Dramamine) for travel sickness, Immodium for
diarrhoea, ciproflaxcin antibiotics for stomach bugs and our prescription medications.