Veterinary science has come a long way and these constant advances allow us to accurately detect and understand all the pathologies that affect our pets, how to treat them, what their prognosis is and whether there is any method to prevent them.
This increased awareness can lead to a misperception that dogs get sick more and more easily, but it doesn’t work that way and in a way we should be relieved to know what to do when our dog gets sick. We have already talked about cancer in dogs, but today this Animal Expert article will be dedicated exclusively to hormonal tumors in dogs.
- To fully understand this concept.
- We must begin by understanding that the term “tumor” refers to the abnormal growth of a mass that.
- Naturally and.
- In principle.
- Physiologically.
- Was already in the body of its dog.
Don’t think a tumor is cancer, some tumors are benign, meaning they don’t present a risk of metastasis (expansion) and the biggest problem they can pose is pressure on adjacent organs and tissues, as well as discomfort.and disorder that can cause your pet.
However, other tumors represent much more than abnormal mass growth; in this case, we are talking about malignant or cancerous tumors and, in this case, there is a risk of metastasis, these cancer cells do not die and can reproduce, migrating to other tissues.
In medical nomenclature, these two types of tumors have different names, see definitions to understand this important difference:
A hormonal tumor can be benign or malignant, but the distinguishing characteristic is that it is directly related to certain hormones, that is, that this tumor contains hormone receptors and, the more it recovers hormonally, the more it develops, whatever its nature.
The three most common types of hormonal tumors in dogs are
By nomenclature it can be concluded that one of these hormonal tumors is malignant, however, what is indicated in the first place is benign, although this can also cause discomfort since it is located around the anus making it difficult to evacuate the stool and causing bleeding.
These tumors usually affect older male dogs that have not been sterilized, depend on hormone levels, castration being one of the best ways to prevent them, discover the other benefits of canine castration here.
However, women are not without this problem, although the only ones who may have perianal adenomas are those that have been sterilized by ovarioisterectomy (surgical removal of uterus and ovaries).
First, the veterinarian should perform a biopsy, i.e. remove a small sample of the affected tissue for examination and thus determine whether the cells of the same tissue are cancerous or not, this will allow you to know what the nature of the tumor is.
Surgical removal should be performed whenever possible.The estra is aggressive surgery in the sense that all edges must be left clean so that the tumor does not recur.
When the tumor is cancerous, it is necessary to accurately examine its dependence on hormone levels and, in addition to surgery, other methods, such as chemotherapy, can be used to prevent the cancer from being re-raised.treatment and prognosis depend on the individual case of each dog.
This article is for informational purposes only, in Animal Expert.com.br we cannot prescribe veterinary treatments or make any type of diagnosis, we suggest taking your pet to the veterinarian in case of any type of condition or discomfort.
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