A cat has painful urination after boarding. Why?
Channel: Dr David Sing
Date: 2015-08-16

X-rays of the cat's kidneys with no chronic kidney disease - Part 2

The cat went for boarding for 5 days. Came home with strong smell of urine. Painful kidneys on palpation. X-rays show kidneys enlarged. Blood test shows very low platelets but no elevated urea and creatinine.

The cat could have groomed himself, licking off the urine and stools on his body during boarding, leading to kidney swelling and  painful urination. 

After 2 days in-patient and IV drip to flush out the blood toxins, with antibiotics and pain medication, the cat goes home. Now he is back to normal.

This is Stage 1 of kidney disease. There is no azotemia. Creatinine is less than 1.6 mg/dL. 

The cause of kidney failure was due to toxins. Prompt treatment in flushing out the toxins via an IV drip resulted in recovery.

Sep 6 2018. Attached image of X-ray of a 13-year-old cat shows Stage 4 chronic kidney disease kidneys. See blog for better quality images of chronic kidney disease, at:

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2018/09/3234-13-year-old-cat-vomits-for-3-days.html