DISEASES OF KIDNEY AND BLADDER 



HEMATURIA (BLOOD IN THE URINE) 



Blood may appear in the urine as a result of severe inflamma- 

 tion affecting any portion of the urinary tract. In severe inflam- 

 mation of the kidney itself, as in the acute nephritis of hog-cholera, 

 there may be the appearance of a blood-stained urine. Inflamma- 

 tion of the bladder is also accompanied in many cases by the 

 appearance of blood in the urine. 



Blood may appear in the urine for several days after a severe 

 injury in the region of the kidneys, as after being trampled by one 

 of the larger animals or being run over with a wagon. Parasitic 

 diseases of the kidney may also cause the appearance of blood in 

 the urine. Kidney and bladder stone produce severe irritation of 

 the kidney and bladder and may result in a blood-stained urine. 



Symptoms. — The important symptom of blood in the urine is 

 the more or less red color of the urine. Clots of coagulated blood 

 may be found, and when the urine is collected in a glass and allowed 

 to stand there is a collection of a reddish-colored sediment at the 

 botton of the glass. Accompanying the presence of the blood- 

 colored urine there is noted the symptoms of the underlying disease. 



Treatment. — The treatment of blood in the urine is entirely 

 that of the condition which caused the appearance of the blood. 

 No particular remedy is indicated for the hematuria. When the 

 underlying disease is removed the bloody urine disappears. 



ACUTE NEPHRITIS (INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS) 



Acute inflammation of the kidneys is not uncommon in the 

 hog as well as the other domestic animals. In the hog the sjmiptoms 

 are usually somewhat masked, and, for this reason, the condition 

 probably escapes notice very frequently. 



Causes. — The most common cause for acute nephritis in the 

 Jiog is probably injury to the back. Fat hogs are especially liable 



