Sentences with phrase «urethra becomes»

can be the cause of urethral obstruction, which is a condition in which the urethra becomes completely occluded (obstructed) and your pet is unable to pass any urine at all.

I wonder how many people would continue to condone the feeding of a water - depleted diet to cats if they had a cork inserted into their urethra and experienced the subsequent excruciating pain that occurs when a urethra becomes obstructed.

Male cats are more prone to obstruction than female cats.1 When the urethra becomes partially or completely blocked, urine is unable to drain from the bladder, resulting in fluid, electrolyte, and acid — base abnormalities.2 Feline urethral obstruction is a relatively common condition, accounting for up to 10 % of feline cases presented to small animal referral and emergency clinics.3, 4

You may have more bladder infections as your urethra becomes less flexible and more easily damaged, due to hormonal deficiency.

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When a spinal cord injury takes place, extensions of nerve cells from the brainstem — the region of the brain where the command and coordination for urination takes place — become disconnected from cells in the spinal cord that control the muscles that squeeze or relax the bladder and open and close the urethra.

The main role of SIgA is to defend the surfaces of the digestive system and other systems coated in mucous and to prevent these potential toxic substances from biding to cell surfaces, becoming absorbed by cells lining the mouth, throat, lungs, urethra, vagina and intestines, and ultimately invading the body.

Bladder infections are the most common type of urinary tract infection (UTI), but any part of your urinary tract can become infected — the urethra, bladder, ureters, and kidneys.

The bladder is where the urine accumulates until the animal urinates; however sometimes the urethra can become infected.

Sometimes a stone will become lodged in the urethra, which complete prevents a dog from urinating.

Thus, FIC is a pretty good description of the condition: It is a condition of cats in which their bladders (and urethras) become irritated for unknown reasons.

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

In male cats crystals may plug the urethra, which can become a life - threatening condition because it prevents the cat from urinating.

Stones occur more in males than females because of the male anatomy: the urethra in the male is small and can easily become obstructed by a stone.

In male cats, the urethra may become blocked by small particles so they are unable to urinate at all.

If the urethra, the tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the cat, becomes completely blocked, the straining cat will not urinate at all.

These stones usually form in the bladder, and when passed through the urethra, can become lodged.

Trauma to the urethra causes it to swell - then the likelyhood or the cat blocking again becomes greater.

If infection, inflammation and crystal / stone formation become bad enough, the flow of urine through the urethra can be completely blocked.

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.

Answer: Your cat may have FLUTD and not necessarily an infection - I would leave him on the food that he seems to be doing well on (Purina for Urinary issues = helps with FLUTD) because this can become a life - threatening emergency if he builds up so many crystals that it plugs up his urethra and he can not urinate.

But in male cats, a urinary tract problem can easily become life - threatening due to the narrowness of their urethra, which can easily become blocked.

As the rabbit becomes more uncomfortable with the developing urinary tract problems, the ability to assume the correct position when voiding urine is reduced, and often?the direction of the urine flow as it leaves the urethra is altered.

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.

For the poor kitty that becomes repeatedly blocked, surgery to widen the urethra (the small tube which he urinates through) is generally recommended.

This disorder in men is caused by a prostate gland that becomes enlarged, and obstructs the urethra (the tube -LSB-...]

** Male cats» urethras can actually become blocked preventing urination THIS IS AN EMERGENCY — it can prove fatal within 24 hours if immediate treatment is not received.

Small stones may flow with the urine into the urethra, where they become lodged and cause an obstruction.

Small stones may flow with the urine into the urethra where they can become lodged and cause an obstruction.

If the dog is male, the stones may become small enough to obstruct the urethra (an emergency) which requires use of a urinary catheter to push the stone back into the bladder.

«Some cats with FIC or bladder stones become «blocked,» which means that their urethra is obstructed, and they are unable to urinate,» Heseltine explained.

Stones may become lodged in the ureter (the tube carrying urine from the kidney to the bladder) or the urethra (the tube carrying urine from the bladder to the outside), causing a life - threatening obstruction.

A female cat does not often become obstructed due to the larger urethra, but this too can be very serious and uncomfortable for the cat.

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

When the cysts become large, they can put pressure on the urethra or displace the rectum and colon.

It affects both male and females, though it can become a much more serious condition in males since crystals can form a plug that will block their urethra and prevent them from urinating.