After that, your veterinarian will focus mostly on
minimizing damage to the kidneys and keeping your cat comfortable — they may receive intravenous fluids and drugs to help slow down diarrhea or vomiting.
Not exact matches
«This helps
minimize kidney damage while the blood supply
to the
kidney is temporarily clamped off
to allow the tumor
to be cut out and the
kidney sewn back together.»
The goals of therapy for renal failure are
to increase hydration, decrease the buildup of toxins in the blood, treat any possible underlying reversible disease (infection, hyperthyroidism), maintain good blood flow
to the
kidneys, and
minimize any further
damage.
In conventional medicine, there are drugs that can
minimize anemia, help keep the parathyroid glands balanced, and control high blood pressure; and phosphate binders
to prevent phosphorus precipitates from further
damaging the
kidneys.