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*Gastrotomy feeding tube.

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~~Mild oesophagitis:~~

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*withdraw oral food for 2-3 days and manage as an outpatient.

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~~More severe oesophagitis:~~

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*may need admitting to the hospital, Nil Per Os and animal may require enteral or parenteral nutritional support.

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~~Drugs:~~

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*oral sucralfate suspension

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*gastric acid secretory inhibitors (e.g. ranitidine, omeprazole) can be useful in cases of gastro-oesophageal reflux

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*broad spectrum antibiotics in animals with sever oesophagitis or aspiration pneumonia

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*analgesics

==Prognosis==

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~~Mild oesophagitis has~~ a good prognosis ~~whereas ulcerative oesophagitis and animals suffering from aspiration pneumonia have~~ a ~~more~~ guarded prognosis.

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Animals with oesophageal foreign bodies without perforation carry a good prognosis. Those with oesophageal perforation carry a guarded prognosis depending on the degree of thoracic contamination.

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==References==

Mfield

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