63 Causes of Vomiting
While we may equate our dog's vomiting with the upset stomach we had yesterday after a bowl of ice cream, it's not really the same. Stomach upset in dogs and cats isn't normal, and is indicative of a problem. As you'll see below, there are many, many reasons your pet may be vomiting.
Dietary Problems:
- Sudden diet change
- Ingestion of a foreign material (garbage, grass, plant leaves, etc)
- Eating too rapidly
- Intolerance to specific foods
- Food allergy
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| While some causes of vomiting may seem harmless, such as a sudden diet change, many point to a more acute problem - in some cases a life threatening problem.
Drugs
- Intolerance of specific drugs
- Accidental overdose
It's a different world for dogs and cats and we sometimes overlook common hazards because we fail to identify them.
Toxins
- Lead
- Ethylene glycol (antifreeze)
- Zinc
- Xylitol (found in chewing gum)
- Others
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Metabolic Disorders
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's disease)
- Renal (kidney) disease
- Hepatic (liver) disease
- Sepsis (a whole body inflammatory state caused by infection)
- Acidosis
- Hyperkalemia (elevated blood level of potassium)
- Hypokalemia (low concentration of potassium in the blood)
- Hypercalcemia (elevated calcium level)
- Hypomagnesemia (low level of magnesium)
- Heatstroke
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| Disorders of the Stomach
- Obstruction
- Chronic gastritis
- Parasites
- Gastric hypomotility
- Bilious vomiting syndrome
- Gastric ulcers
- Gastric polyps
- Gastric neoplasia
- Gastric dilatation
- Gastric dilatation - volvulus
Disorders of the Gastroesophageal Junction
- Hiatal hernia
Disorders of the Small Intestine
- Parasitism
- Enteritis
- Intraluminal obstruction
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Lymphosarcoma
- Fungal disease
- Intestinal volvulus
- Paralytic ileus
Disorders of the Large Intestine
- Colitis
- Obstipation
- Irritable bowel disease
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Abdominal Disorders
- Pancreatitis
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Peritonitis
- Inflammatory liver disease
- Bile duct obstruction
- Gallbladder disease
- Steatitis
- Prostatitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Pyometra
- Urinary Obstruction
- Diaphragmatic hernia
- Neoplasia
Neurologic Disorders
- Psychogenic
- Motion sickness
- Inflammatory lesions
- Edema
- Autonomic or visceral epilepsy
Please make an appointment with the clinic and bring your pet in if they are vomiting or having loose stool. It is important to get him examined to determine what is going on and prescribe the best treatment to resolve the issue.
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Beaver Brook Pet Center
77 Elmgreen Lane
Evergreen CO 80439
Tel - 303-670-0838
Fax - 303-670-8351
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