Anaphylactic Shock in Cat
The anaphylactic shock can be a consequence of insect bites, administration of some drug or medicine or, in very rare cases, by food ingestion.
How to recognize an anaphylactic shock: Did you put the cat a shot recently, or has been taking some medicine?.
- Are there any possibilities that he had been bitten or stung by an insect?.
- Has it just eaten and has respiratory difficulties?
- Does it have any nauseas or vomits?
- Has it been affected by a diarrhea suddenly?
- Does it collapse?
- Does it have bluish gums?
- Does it show shock symptoms?
- Keep the respiratory airways clear
- Give the cat artificial breathing or cardiac massage if it were necessary
- If he has the lungs full of liquid, he will emit warbling sounds on having breathed. Hang the cat's mouth down during 10 seconds, taking him by the rear legs, to try to liberate the respiratory tract.
- Look immediately for a veterinary assistance (it is crucial to apply an urgent treatment. The veterinarian will administer him the medicines to stop the allergic edema of the respiratory tract.
There is another allergic reaction to the stings and injections, less serious than the previous one. It provokes swelling and irritation in the face of the cat. Sometimes the area where it has received the sting or injection, is irritated, or is hot and hurts him. Prevent those damages to himself by putting him an Elizabethan necklace and observe its reaction. The allergic reactions can evolve of sudden form towards a deadly anaphylactic shock.
