Sentences with phrase «narrow urethras»

The condition affects the male cat's lower urinary tract system and bladder more often than the females, due to their narrow urethras.

Male cats are more prone to urethral blockage due to their narrow urethras which is the tube that carries the urine from the bladder.

Male cats have longer, narrower urethras than females and are therefore more likely to develop urinary tract blockages.

Male cats may become obstructed if the narrow urethra is plugged with blood, mucus, or crystals.

Male dogs are more prone to stone problems than females, because their narrow urethrae are more easily obstructed.

In some cases — especially in male cats as they have a much longer and more narrow urethra than females — an obstruction occurs, which can lead to extreme discomfort and eventual damage to the kidneys; it could even lead to rupture of the urinary bladder, if the problem is not treated immediately.

Male cats are at a higher risk for blocking, because they have a narrower urethra than females, and a blockage can quickly become a life - threatening condition.

This is potentially a life - threatening hazard for male dogs as they possess the narrow urethra.

Male cats are more prone to life - threatening complications with urinary tract stones, referred to as complete blockages, due to their narrower urethra.

Stones are more likely to cause blockages in the male's longer, narrower urethra.

Although FLUTD affects only 0.5 % to 1 % of the population, male cats are more susceptible to blockages due to their longer, narrower urethrae.

Male cats are generally more prone to urethral blockages because of their narrower urethras.

Complete obstructions are more common in males due the narrower urethra and are a medical emergency.

This is a particularly dangerous risk for male cats, whose narrow urethra can easily become blocked by a large kidney stone.

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The strategically placed microphone records the sound while urinating and the sound frequency correlates with the urethra's narrowing.

The urethra is longer and narrower in male cats than in female cats; therefore, male cats are more likely to develop an obstruction.

Abdominal surgery * Abdominal port placement for chronic effusions Adrenal gland removal Bladder (stone removal, masses) * Colon surgery Cryptorchidism * Diaphragmatic hernia Ectopic ureter Exploratory laparotomy * Gallbladder (removal vs. re-routing) Hemoabdomen (internal bleeding) * Incontinence treatment * Intestinal obstruction (foreign bodies) * Intestinal surgery * Kidney surgery Liver biopsy, including «keyhole» liver biopsy Liver surgery Megacolon Pancreas surgery Pleuro - Peritoneal Diaphragmatic Hernia (PPDH) Prophylactic gastropexy («twisted stomach» or bloat or GDV prevention) * Prostate surgery Spleen removal (splenectomy, bleeding masses) * Stomach surgery (foreign bodies) * Urethra surgery Uterus infection (pyometra) * Thoracic surgery (thoracotomy) Chylothorax Esophagus surgery Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) Pleural port placement for fluid buildup Lung surgery, including «keyhole» lung biopsy Pyothorax Head and neck surgery Cheiloplasty (for excessive drooling) Cleft palate Ear and throat polyps in cats * Ear hematoma * Elongated soft palate Everted laryngeal saccules Eye and eyelid surgery * Facial fold removal Laryngeal paralysis («Tie back») Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (LBO) Lateral ear resection Oro - nasal fistula Para-thyroid gland removal Salivary gland surgery (mucocele, sialocele) Stenotic nares (narrow nostrils) Thyroid gland removal (cat or dog) Total Ear Canal Ablation (TECA) Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO)

Mucus, crystals and even tiny bladder stones can clump together to form an actual plug in the narrow male cat urethra.

In this surgery, the narrow part of the urethra located at the penis is removed and a wider opening is created.

This could result in the formation of fibrous or tough tissue, which causes your cat's urethra to narrow and make it more difficult for your cat to urinate.

Additional tests may be needed to see if your cat's urethra is too narrow, or if there is a tumor in the bladder.

Particularly in male cats, the urethra is very narrow, which makes it prone to obstruction.

Urinary tract problems can be very serious, especially in male cats because their urethra (the tube that empties urine from their bladder) is narrow and is more easily plugged than a female's wider urethra.

This surgery works best in male cats that have a very narrow portion of urethra near the tip of their penis but in which the remainder of the urethra is adequately wide.

Mucus, crystals and tiny bladder stones can clump together to form an actual plug in the narrow and twisting male cat urethra.

Minerals (calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, etc.,) are building blocks of crystals / stones which can obstruct the ureter or the urethra — especially in male cats since their urethra is longer and narrower than a female's urethra.

Abnormal urine sediments in the form of inflammatory cells, blood, mucous, bacteria, and urinary crystals can become clumped together and collect at a narrowing in the urethra.

This involves shortening and widening the urethra to allow urethral plugs and other potentially obstructing materials to be eliminated without travelling through the narrowed portion of the urethra in the penis.

Mucus, crystals and even tiny bladder stones can clump together to form a plug in the narrow male cat urethra.

Blockages are most common in male cats since they have a very narrow and easily obstructed urethra.

In the male cat, the urethra narrows as it passes through the penis.

Female cats are anatomically different than males and do not have this narrowing in the urethra.

If the right size stone gets into the urethra, it can get stuck partway through since the urethra narrows in male cats.

Male cats may develop enough crystals in the urethra (the narrow tube carrying urine out of the body) to cause an obstruction.

Male cats are the primary victims because their urethra is longer and narrower than that of female cats.

The condition is far more common in male than female cats because their urethras are more narrow.

Blockage is most common in male cats due to the fact that their urethra is longer and narrower than in female cats.

In cats with recurrent infections, x-rays of the belly may be taken to see if calculi (stones) or other material are present in the kidneys or bladder (Figure 1), and your primary care veterinarian may inject contrast material into the bladder during x-rays to see if there are any anatomic causes for straining and bloody urine, such as a bladder wall defect or a stricture (narrowing) of the urethra.

The stones form and get blocked in the urethra, the tube leading from the bladder to the outside, which narrows as it moves through the penis.

The surgical procedure involves removal of the entire penis because this is the narrowest point of the urethra and therefore the most common location for obstructions to occur.