"Hospitalization help- thickened ureter - Cystisis?"

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Susan Pomo

Susan Pomo

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Just reading back through his report from the hospital stay and one thing they noted was a thickened Ureter. The hospitalization was for blood in pee and poop. This happened before his diabetes diagnosis. His official diagnosis from this was Cystitis.
Does anyone have any input on a thickened Ureter and whether that is just part of his old age?
 
A thickened uterer is the tube that goes from the kidney to the bladder. Cystitis is inflammation of the bladder. Not sure if they are linked. I think you need to ask your vet about this.
 
Hi Bron
I did ask. 6 months ago. I am not sure what I was told. I was in such a state of angst for Joe. He was being released from a specialist hospital back to his regular vet. I will ask her next time we are in. Just re-read his paperwork and wondered if any others experienced this
 
Susan Pomo said:
Hi Bron
I did ask. 6 months ago. I am not sure what I was told. I was in such a state of angst for Joe. He was being released from a specialist hospital back to his regular vet. I will ask her next time we are in. Just re-read his paperwork and wondered if any others experienced this
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Oh, if you have paperwork they gave you, post it here?
 
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What antibiotics was he on that caused GI distress? Was it for the wound above his eye?


Ok, I learned something today.

Hyperechoic. This term means "lots of echoes." These areas bounce back many sound waves. They appear as light gray on the ultrasound. Hyperechoic masses are not as dense as hypoechoic ones are. They may contain air, fat, or fluid.
 
So the part of his ureter that is closest to his bladder is called the proximal urethra, and the part that is closest to where the urine leaves the body is called the distal urethra.

Together, they are ureter?



His ureter closest to the bladder is slightly thickened (which means what, inflamed?) but that there is no Pyelectasia, which is if the central area of the kidney is inflamed.
 
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