Chest radiographs are important in ruling out aspiration pneumonia (from
inhaling food material through the non-functional larynx), megaesophagus (which we have mentioned tremendously complicates a laryngeal paralysis case), and obvious tumor spread.
Not exact matches
Everyday products such as art supplies, cleaning products, pesticides, processed
foods, and building
materials can all contain toxins that are either ingested or
inhaled.
Pneumonia can also occur as a result of aspirationaccidental sucking in of
food particles or fluids into the lungs of
food or other
materials into the lungs, which happens when a pet
inhales or chokes on
food, water, vomit or other
materials.
In dogs and cats, symptoms caused by allergies to
food,
inhaled proteins, or contact
materials — for example, corn, pollen, and grass — are different than allergic symptoms in people.
Common causes of dog ear infection are water trapped in the ear, foreign
material (grass awns), yeast, atopy (
inhaled seasonal allergy), hypersensitivity to
foods, bacteria, immune mediated or autoimmune diseases (pemphigus foliaceus) or mites (Otodectes and Demodex).