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Renal failure in a dog

Just like human kidneys, dog’s kidneys also balance certain substances in the blood and filter out the body’s wastes as urine. They maintain salt and water concentrations in the body.
Kidneys help in controlling blood pressure regulates calcium and phosphorus balance in the blood.
Therefore, when this balance gets disturbed or kidneys don’t function properly then the toxins starts accumulating in the blood and results in illness.
Kidney failure occurs when kidneys will not be able to perform its function in a proper manner.

Signs and symptoms of renal failure in dogs:

-altered water consumption
-low urine output
-listlessness
-Loss of appetite
-foul breath
-Vomiting
-Weight loss
-lethargy
-Blood in urine
-apthae mouth
-paleness in gums
-imbalance while walking

If your dog shows any of the above symptoms, please refer a veterinarian immediately.

Causes of renal failure in dogs:

-Bacterial infections: can be transmitted by drinking or swimming in contaminated water. This infection can lead to inflammation of the kidneys and consequent destruction of renal cells.
-Toxicosis, or kidney poisoning: leads to damage of the kidneys’ cells when your dog ingests drugs (taking allopathic medicines from a prolonged period of time) like ibuprofen or poisons (like antifreeze or grapes).
-Congenital disease: Inherited conditions can lead to abnormal kidney function from cysts to agenesis.
-Geriatric degeneration: When kidneys get old, cells can decline and die. This is the most common cause of kidney disease in dogs.

Homeopathic remedies for renal failure:

• Apis mellifica:

-Symptoms of this type include oedematous swelling on the face, paleness, pains, etc.
-reduced urination and micturition.
-The urine contains albumen at high levels.
-drowsiness

• Arsenicum:

-skin becomes pale and develops a waxy appearance
-excess thirst and diarrhoea
-urine is dark and full of albumen.
-Dyspnoea while lying down during the night.

• Cantharis:

-used in nephritis
-cutting pain in the lumbar region
-urine contains blood and the flow is in the form of drops
-Cantharis is used in kidney disorders with dropsy

• Conavallaria:

-Conavallaria is used in a case of nephritis occurring due to heart disorders.