Sentences with phrase «bladder palpation»
The first group of tests includes urinalysis, urine culture, and bladder palpation (feeling with the fingers).
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Upon examination and palpation of her abdomen, we could feel she had bladder stones - a lot of them!
Your vet diagnoses bladder cancer initially through a physical exam, feeling for a thickened urinary bladder wall via a rectal palpation.
To determine whether there are bladder stones; palpation with the fingers is done because many are large enough for the experienced veterinarian to detect.
Some stones are too small to be felt in this manner, or the bladder may be too inflamed and painful to allow palpation.
When several stones are loose in the bladder, they often grind during palpation — similar to a handful of marbles.
In addition to a thorough clinical exam with manual palpation of the bladder, urinalysis and urine culture / sensitivity tests are usually the first steps in identifying problems in your older bunny's urinary tract.
The walls of bladder appear thickened, and on palpation, the hardness of the bladder can be felt.