信不信，你的寵物也會(huì)有得高血壓！貓和狗的高血壓幾乎都是繼發(fā)性的，這意味著它是由一個(gè)潛在的疾病或疾病引起的。由于繼發(fā)性高血壓是一種明確信號(hào)，說(shuō)明某些臟器發(fā)生病變。血壓篩查是一個(gè)重要的方式來(lái)發(fā)現(xiàn)你的寵物的其他健康問(wèn)題，如急性腎臟病或甲狀腺功能亢進(jìn)癥。如果疾病被發(fā)現(xiàn)在早期階段，血壓篩查可以幫助防止嚴(yán)重的器官損傷。
認(rèn)識(shí)到血壓篩查的價(jià)值，現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的獸醫(yī)會(huì)在日常寵物體檢的時(shí)候進(jìn)行血壓篩查。它也比其他的介入式檢查方法更容易評(píng)估你的寵物的血壓健康。特別是對(duì)于成熟和老年動(dòng)物有較高的發(fā)病率，導(dǎo)致繼發(fā)性高血壓疾病的發(fā)病率。獸醫(yī)指南多年來(lái)一直在推廣血壓檢查多年的好處。
在以前，獲取血壓無(wú)創(chuàng)（無(wú)針戳到動(dòng)脈）對(duì)貓和狗是一個(gè)艱苦的過(guò)程，需要對(duì)測(cè)試部位剃毛，利用超聲多普勒剛得到的收縮壓。但這些日子已經(jīng)過(guò)去了！順泰多年來(lái)一直提供獸藥OEM NIBP血壓測(cè)量技術(shù)，并且專門為貓和狗的特性而指定的血壓測(cè)試校驗(yàn)程序----只是需要一次測(cè)試即可得到所有BP讀數(shù)（收縮壓，舒張壓，平均壓，心率）并且完全不需要對(duì)動(dòng)物剃毛！
Believe it or not, your pet can have high blood pressure too! That being said, the significance of this is a bit different than it would be for you and me. Hypertension in cats and dogs is almost always secondary, which means it is caused by an underlying condition or disease. Because secondary hypertension is a signal that something else is wrong, blood pressure screening is a great way to discover other health issues in your pet such as acute kidney disease or hyperthyroidism. BP screening can help to prevent serious organ damage if a condition or disease is caught in its early stages.
Recognizing the value of BP screening, more and more vet practices now include BP screening in annual pet physicals. It’s also much easier to assess your pet’s BP than to perform other more invasive tests. This is especially true for mature and geriatric animals which have a higher incidence of diseases that cause secondary hypertension. Veterinary guidelines have been touting the benefits of BP checks for many years.
In the old days, obtaining blood pressure non-invasively (without a needle poked into an artery) on cats and dogs was a laborious process that involved shaving the fur from the BP site and using Doppler ultrasound just to get the systolic pressure. (I’m sure Fido loved this!) But these days are over! SunTech has been providing the veterinary market with OEM NIBP vet technology for several years – technology developed specifically for cats and dogs. And the best part for you and your pet – just one screening provides all BP readings (SYS, DIA, MAP, HR) and no shaving is required!
We get our blood pressure checked virtually every time we go to our primary care physician. It’s that important. So next time you go to the vet, do your pet a favor and ask about BP screening!