Not exact matches
It helps with
preventing crystals, UTI's, and
bladder stones.
Before discussing products to help treat and
prevent bladder and UT infections, we have to take a look at the types of
crystals and stones created when damp heat is present.
This can be used to dissolve struvite
crystals or stones over a longer period of time, but is more often used to improve
bladder health for cats with interstitial cystitis, or to
prevent multiple types of urine
crystals from forming.
Patients with a history of
bladder or urethral stones should be placed on a urinary care prescription diet that keeps pH neutral to help
prevent the
crystals from returning.
This is important because it raises the amount of water the cat ingests and keeps the urine dilute to help
prevent crystals and sand from forming in the
bladder.
Since urine is the way the body cleanses itself of infection and
prevents crystals from turning into
bladder stones, these problems could develop as well.
This procedure does
prevent, however, the cat from a
bladder infection or from forming
crystals or stones in the urine in the future.