Recently, a pet owner came to my pet shop with a cat with a swollen ear. After I checked, I asked for surgery immediately. However, the owner only wanted to let blood in order to save money, and he didn't listen to the explanation. After the blo...
Recently, a pet owner came to my pet shop with a cat with a swollen ear. After I checked, I asked for surgery immediately. However, the owner only wanted to let blood in order to save money, and he didn't listen to the explanation. After the bloodletting, the cat's ears swelled again in a few days. In the end, the owner had to ask for another surgery, which caused the cat to suffer twice in vain.
Autilus hematoma in dogs and cats is usually secondary to auricle trauma, acute or chronic otitis externa, and has a history of violent head shaking and ear scratching. It is theoretically believed that repeated auricle injuries can lead to fracture or cracks of the auricle cartilage, as well as vascular shear from the convex to the concave surface of the ear cartilage. The exact location of the bleeding is not yet known. Currently, the locations of subcutaneous, subperitoneal and intracartilage have been proposed. Regardless of the origin, the shear force will form a blood-filled dead cavity in the auricle, causing the auricle to become swelling and swelling, and the touch will become warmer
Although the hematoma of the ear is far from lethal, the disease has a very great impact on the quality of life of the cat. Sometimes cats will lose appetite due to pain and will feel listless, so if a cat has an ear hematoma, it is necessary to treat it as soon as possible.
The treatment of otoral hematoma can be treated with conservative treatment or surgical treatment. As for which method is mainly determined based on the size of the hematoma and the time of the hematoma, if the hematoma is small (such as the range of peanuts only), the formation time is long and there is no sign of continued enlargement, the surgical treatment method is generally used in cases where conservative treatment is ineffective, or cases where the hematoma range is large or even the entire auricle has been affected in time.
Conservative treatment methods are mainly to use needles to aspirate the fluid in the hematoma or to cut a small incision into the hematoma to drain the fluid in the hematoma, then pressure bandage the affected ear, and at the same time, some oral drugs are taken to control inflammation and exudation to achieve the purpose of treatment. However, in clinical practice, cases treated with this method are more likely to recur and the treatment cycle is also longer. The main method of surgical treatment is to cut the hematoma site through surgery, thoroughly clean and stop bleeding, and then suture it. The facts have proved that the operation can quickly relieve the hematoma condition and shorten the treatment time.
Finally, I would like to remind everyone that when treating ear hematoma, you must first find the cause of the hematoma and then perform treatment, otherwise no matter which treatment method is used, it will not be possible to achieve good treatment results.
