urinary problems: treatment & prevention

Question 1

• Antibiotics

* Eliminate predisposing cause

Answer 1

Urinary Tract Infection

Question 2

• Preventative/Calculolytic diet
• Surgical removal
• Antibiotics
• Decompress bladder
• IV fluids

Answer 2

Feline Urolithiasis

Question 3

• None
• Possible treatments:
   - reducing stress in cat’s living environment
   - acidifying diet
   - glycosaminoglycans 
   - amitriptyline

Answer 3

Idiopathic (Interstitial) Cystitis

Question 4

prevention

• Feed preventative diet if available
• Provide clean, fresh water at all times

Answer 4

Feline Urolithiasis

Question 5

• Treat identifiable cause

* IV fluid therapy

Answer 5

acute Renal Failure

Question 6

• Diet
• SC fluids
• aluminum hydroxide
• cimetidine
• Erythropoietin
• anabolic steroids

Answer 6

chronic Renal Failure