My dog keeps vomiting blood. What's causing it and what should I do?

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Our dog has thrown up about six times since I posted the original question in March. Everytime he throws up we visited our vet she always just prescribes a bland white rice diet, sucralfate and pepcid AC. Last time was 1.5-2 weeks ago and we insisted she do an ultrasound. Still she hasn't called us with results yet. It's getting really expensive to keep going back why does he keep vomiting blood at night every few weeks waking us in distress, and why can't our vet just tell us what exactly is wr. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Male | unneutered | 1 year old | 55 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

Intermittent vomiting can be a very difficult symptom to diagnose as there may not be any obvious indicators as to the underlying cause. I recommend you contact your vets office for the ultrasound report and consider a full blod panel including b vitamin analysis as chronic bowel issues can often have low b12 levels and respond well to additional supplementation. I would convert her onto a bland, ultra low-fat diet whilst this is being investigated, my preferred option is royal canin gastro low fat (3-4 small meals each day) and also add a probiotic such as fortiflora. Ensure she is up to date with deworming treatments also. An endoscopy or camera study of the gullet and stomach may be required to check for inflammation or foreign bodies causing the bleeding

My dog keeps vomiting blood. What's causing it and what should I do?

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