PREVENTION, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT z x t 



prostatitis), poisons, growths, calculus (in the kidney, bladder or 

 prostate), mechanical violence (fracture of pelvis may cause 

 bladder hemorrhage), general infections, renal tuberculosis, para- 

 sites (filaria in blood and Eustrongylus gigas), blood disorders, as 

 hemophilia, pernicious anemia, etc. Hematuria must be distin- 

 guished from hemoglobinuria by the microscope. See also hema- 

 turia in cattle. 



Treatment. — The treatment naturally depends upon the cause. 

 Until this is determined, treatment will largely hang upon the 

 severity and apparent origin of the bleeding. 



The following measures are employed with the simple purpose 

 of arresting hemorrhage. When severe bleeding occurs from the 

 kidney, ice poultices may be applied to the loins and ergot injected 

 under the skin (H. & C, 5ss-i; D., gr. ii-v of ergotin). Or gallic 

 acid may be given internally with ergot in capsule (H. & C, gallic 

 acid, 3iv; D., gr. v; extr. of ergot, H. & C, 3i; D., gr. v). In 

 hematuria of acute nephritis, small doses of tincture of cantharides 

 may be given after the first week. Thus 3ss may be given to 

 horses, and TTLi to dogs, with an equal amount of fluidextract of 

 cannabis indica. 



Vesical hematuria may be attacked by the internal remedies 

 noted above, and also more effectively by bladder injections. 

 Among the latter, adrenalin chloride in 1-5,000 solution is the 

 most efficient. The injection of water at 120 F. is also serviceable, 

 or of alum (3ss to 1 pint of water), but the clots formed by alum 

 may decompose and lead to cystitis. 



If the injection of adrenalin into the bladder arrests the hema- 

 turia, then the source of the blood is discovered. Urethral hemor- 

 rhage may be stopped by passage and retention of a catheter. 



Hematuria in Cattle. 



The occurrence of free blood in the urine is a symptom of 

 inflammation and injury in any part of the urinary tract. It must 



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