CAUSAS DE INCONTINÊNCIA URINÁRIA EM CÃES E GATOS: revisão de literatura e relato de caso de Cistite Idiopática Felina

Abstract

Urinary incontinence is defined as the involuntary loss of urination due to endocrine, infectious diseases, anatomical abnormalities or due to different complications related to the function of urine storage (leading to leakage) or emptying (causing losses), such as changes in abdominal pressure, urethra, dilation and bladder spasm, UI secondary to post-surgical injuries, nervous system damage, neoplasms or even idiopathic. It may also be related to changes in the upper and lower urinary tract and the various types of UI should be considered in clinical manifestations to guide the correct treatment. Along with these animal factors above 20 kg and related to caudectomy and castration, you are more likely to develop a dysfunction. Therefore, for an accurate prognosis, it is important to make the correct diagnosis, from a complete anamnesis, medical history of the animal, determine the type and whether there is a control of incontinence and thus diagnose its primary cause. Although it is not a pathology of risk inherent to life, the inability to control urination and the persistence of symptoms generate frustration in the tutor, which can result in the isolation of the sick patient from common activities and in extreme cases even requiring euthanasia, if done the study of such dysfunction and the ideal treatment is fundamental. Such factors promote the need for literature review and understanding of the primary cause as a definitive diagnosis.