Symptoms: Occasionally the gums will bleed very freely, particularly in old dogs, and often apparently without any reason, and in some cases the bleeding is very difficult to stop.
Treatment: A simple and often an effectual remedy is placing a bandage rather tightly round the nose for an hour or more, so that the dog is unable to open his mouth. If this fails, the exact spot, or spots, as there are sometimes several, must be found, and a solution of adrenalin applied. Failing this, the tincture of perchloride of iron may be used.
Hæmorrhoids: Piles:
Symptoms: Dogs do not suffer from real piles, particularly internal ones, but old dogs get a tumefied condition of the anus occasionally, and the parts become swollen, red, and tender.
Treatment: Relief may be given by bathing with a solution of carbolic acid, one in sixty of water, or a lotion made with a teaspoonful of powdered alum dissolved in half a pint of tepid water, but used cold. When the skin is broken apply the following ointment:—
Recipe:
| Hydrochlorate of Cocaine, | 4 grains. |
| Goulard’s Extract of Lead | 10 minims. |
| Lanoline, | 2 drachms. |
| Water, | 2 drachms. |
| Mix. | |
Aperient medicine should be given.