#polydipsia

the rule is that a hepatobiliary dysfunction leads to a hepatobiliary clinical sign.

Combined all in WaBBBeNN

1- Water (Wa):

Polyuria PU/ Polydipsia which are multi-factorial:

psychogenic

hypercortisolism

renal concentrating defects.

2- Bilirubin (1st B): A cholestatic disease causes bilirubinuria and icterus that may appear also by a hemolytic disease. Then by severe cholestasis leads to acholic grey feces.

3- Blood (2nd B): Coagulopathy occurs due to the inability to synthesize clotting factors following severe hepatic failure or common obstruction. Subclinical clotting disorders may convert into clinical apparent ones just after hepatic biopsy, surgery or gastroduodenal ulcer.

4- Belly (Be): Ascites

Severe chronic hepatic disease causes hypoalbuminemia, portal hypertension, sodium and water retention.

Also rupture of bile duct leads to bile peritonitis as well as fluid accumulation.

5- Nervous (N): Hepatic encephalopathy occurs as a result of bacterial action on some substrate in colon that forms some potential encephalopatic toxins like ammonia, GABA and mercaptans ..etc, then by low detoxification of diseased liver or portosystemic shunt, metabolic encephalopathy rises leading to wax and wane nervous signs that may ended by coma.

6- Non-specific signs (the last N):

Vomiting and small bowel diarrhea which is less frequent than vomiting.

Hematmesis as a result of ulceration.

Depends how you’re asking that question.

A dog may be drinking ‘too  much’ if they have kidney disease, diabetes, etc. That’s not to say you should restrict their water, but they have to drink more because of their illness. They are drinking more than normal dogs, but because they have to.

Symptoms To Watch For In Your Dog: Excessive Drinking (Polydipsia)

Why is my dog drinking so much? Since you’re asking that question, the issue isn’t really how much your dog drinks but that they are drinking more than they usually would, correct? Because it is the change that it’s significant, not necessarily the amount of water they consume.

Why is it important to notice?

How much water your dog needs depends on their size, diet, activity, and even the…