Abstract
Feline lower urinarytract disease (FLUTD) is a life-threatening condition in cats, especially in obstructive males. In a clinical situation, early diagnosis and correction of this condition is very important, otherwise the disease ends in death. FLUTD manifested by stranguria, pollakiuria, dysuria, and, in severe cases, hematuria and obstruction by anuria. This article discusses the features of the clinical course of FLUTD in 5 cats with obstructive idiopathic cystitis. Animals were selected with a similar history, they were animals from 3 to 7 years old, with exclusively home keeping, no walking and a diet consisting of dry commercial food. All animals underwent a complete clinical examination, complete blood count, general urinalysis, ultrasound of the genitourinary system and heart. For two weeks, the animals underwent a complex treatment consisting of infusion therapy, anesthesia with dexmedetomidine and NSAIDs (meloxicam), which led to clinical recovery in all animals within 14 days, all animals on an ongoing basis were prescribed amitriptyline, observation of the animals for 6 months did not reveal a relapse of the disease.
Highlights
Cats often suffer from a variety of medical conditions with a common clinical symptom, often referred to as lower urinary tract syndrome
The condition may present with anorexia, fever, stranguria, dysuria, periuria and pollakiuria, and microscopic hematuria, but severe hematuria may occur in severe cases [3, 5]
Cats with obstructive Feline lower urinarytract disease (FLUTD), which can be eliminated only with anesthesia, at least from a clinical point of view, it makes sense to separate them into a separate group, since they do not need to undergo bladder catheterization or treatment of urinary tract infections
Summary
Cats often suffer from a variety of medical conditions with a common clinical symptom, often referred to as lower urinary tract syndrome. This syndrome includes several symptoms, such as frequent (pollakiuria) and painful (stranguria) urination without polyuria, and hematuria (blood in the urine). Among diseases with this syndrome, idiopathic cystitis is in the first place, especially in young individuals; at an older age, this syndrome can appear in cats with urinary tract infection, urolithiasis and infiltrative processes in the lower urethral tract. The article is devoted to clinical findings in that part of patients with obstructive FLUTD, in whom urodynamics recovered after analgesia
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