The renal insuficiency can be acute, it is characterized by the sudden beginning with abrupt fall of the filtration in the kidneys, accumulation of uremic toxin and disregulation of having flowed, electrolytes and of the acid-basic swinging or chronicle that it is resulting from a primary renal disease that persists during months or years; characterized by irreversible renal dysfunction that tends deteriorating progressively during months or years.
The clinical signs are: sudden beginning of anorexia, apathy, vomit, diarrhea, halitosis, ataxia, oliguria, anuria or polyuria, weight loss.
In the acute renal insuficiency the corporal condition and of the hair they are normal, depression, dehydration, oral ulceration, glossite, necrosis in the language, breath urêmico, hypothermia, fever, tachypnea, bradycardia, urinary vesicle no tangible and kidneys firm, aching and increased.
In the chronic renal inadequacy the kidneys are small and irregular or (increased secondary the disease renal polycystic or lymphoma), dehydration, cachxy, paleness of mucous membranes, oral ulceration, breath with uremic smell, constipation, renal osteodistrophy.
The causes can be many: collide, evil hypertension, heart inadequacy, anti-inflammatories no-esteroidais, agents chemotherapy, snake poison or insect, leptospirosis, hepatic inadequacy, etc.
The treatment is of the patient’s support, diet with reduced tenors of protein, match and sodium, hemodialyse, transplant of stem cells.
Vet Therapy – Dr. Cynara Campanati
