Dog InjuryHow to treat a dog’s wound
1. Disinfect the wound
If the dog is injured, clean the dog’s wound as soon as possible, and pay attention to confirm whether there is any foreign body in the dog’s wound. The dirt and blood are squeezed out together to prevent the dirt from remaining in the dog’s body and causing infection. If the dog’s wound is relatively large, in this case, iodine and alcohol are used to disinfect it, which is more irritating and will cause severe pain to the dog. Therefore, in the case of dogs, pet owners can use some light salt water to wash their wounds. This disinfection method is relatively gentle.
2. Treatment with medicine
Generally speaking, if the dog’s wound is relatively minor, it is not necessary to apply medicine to it after the wound has been disinfected. However, you can also apply some external medicines with anti-inflammatory effects, such as erythromycin ointment and chlortetracycline ointment. In addition, if the hair around the dog’s wound is very thick, you can cut off part of the hair first, and expose the wound before applying medicine.
3. Isolate the dog’s wound
After the dog is injured, in order to relieve Pain, it will keep licking the wound with its tongue. In order to prevent the dog from licking the wound frequently and causing the wound to be in a wet state for a long time and hindering the recovery, it is best to isolate the dog’s wound so that the wound can heal faster. However, since there are a lot of hairs on the dog’s body, it is inconvenient to directly use adhesive plaster to fix the gauze, so it is necessary to use a bandage to seal the dog’s wound.
4. Pay attention to the wound
After simple disinfection, application of medicine, and bandaging for the dog, the pet owner should also pay attention to observe the dog’s wound and surrounding areas for redness and swelling every day. or purulent condition. If you can keep the dog’s wound dry during the period, the dog’s wound will gradually scab and fall off, and then new fine hair will grow. In general, dog wounds heal very quickly, and for some small wounds, dogs can usually heal quickly.
The above wound treatment methods are only for minor wounds in dogs. If the dog has many wounds and bleeds a lot, after a simple hemostatic bandage is applied to the dog, it should be sent to the pet hospital for suture treatment as soon as possible.
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