by Frank Will

Created on: February 23, 2010   Last Updated: February 24, 2010

UO in cats can cause blood to develop in their urine, increased grooming of their genital area, as well as increased urination. However, if this condition more than just a partial condition, it can also take your cats life with 48 hours. If your cat suddenly has several unsuccessful attempts at urinating, starts to vomit and loss their appetite, they are well past the partial stage. If they develop a complete reluctance to move at all, unless you seek emergency medical attention, this now extremely serious situation can take their life.

OU in cats is also known as urinary obstruction and it has several different potential causes and well as two very distinctive types. This condition is technically described as an acute obstruction of their urinary tract, and although this disease can attack any breed at any age, it is much more common in male cats than in females. It may be the result of stones that have developed in your cat, but this is not the most common cause.

Causes:

UO in cats is usually the result of some type of plug of your cats inflammatory debris as well as crystals that are commonly associated with feline idiopathic cystitis, or FIC. This condition has no real known cause, but it can severely impact your cat lower urinary tract. There are various factors that may be the cause and these include some type of infection, dry cat food because of their high mineral content, as well as stress. Long haired cats also seem to be a lot more at risk than short haired breeds.

However, there are also several other medical conditions that may be the very similar to   UO in cats, and they first be ruled out. Bacterial infections, also referred to as bacterial cystitis could be the cause in older cats, but is very uncommon in very young and middle aged cats. Calculi, also known as bladder stones may also be the cause, as well as a defect birth. Congenital anatomic abnormalities may not surface at early in your cats life, but they can easily develop in an obstruction later in life.

Symptoms:

Even though there is no definitive known cause for UO in cats, it is very real and will have some very distinctive symptoms that you can watch for. These symptoms will all depend on the type of obstruction that your cat has and the type types are partial and complete.

The symptoms of partial UO in almost all cases will start with your cat suddenly having to urinate a lot more than normal This is than followed very quickly by a difficulty in actually urinating that

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