as all good animals, Christine Wong owners did not hesitate to go to a veterinary clinic near his home in Austin, Texas, when his cat, Kiki, was step feeling good.
"It just was not acting like her," said Wong.
Following the execution of a test of blood and urine, the doctor discovered that the Persian-mix feline has diabetes.
Diabetes is on the rise, as dogs and cats in America grow more fat, according to a new report from Banfield Pet Hospital, a national chain of pet hospitals, whose headquarters are in Portland, Oregon since 2006, diabetes jumped 32 per cent in dogs and 16 percent in cats, said the report, which analyzed trends in common and preventable diseases by vaccination of these past five years.
Just as with the people, diabetes is often linked to obesity and may require continuous monitoring and treatment.
"The most important we can do for a cat with diabetes is gets it on a weight loss program, said Dr. Denise Elliott, a veterinarian with Banfield.".
"We know that if we can get off the weight in conjunction with insulin injections, in many cases we can resolve the cat diabetes", she added.
Fat cats are six times more likely to develop diabetes than their thinner feline cousins, said Elliott.
For the report, researchers overloaded data on 2.5 million dogs and cats treated at year records last in its 770 hospitals across the country.
Symptoms of diabetes in dogs and cats may include excessive urination, increased thirst and a loss of weight, despite a hearty appetite. If it is detected and treated early, dogs to a stage of the disease may develop cataracts and cats may experience weakness, said Elliott legs.
There are two types of diabetes mellitus. Dogs often get type 1 (insulin-dependent), which is similar to the form seen in children, in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone that helps cells turn sugar into energy. Subject to the condition of races is bichon frise, cairn terrier, dachshund, keeshond, poodle, and puli.
Cats are often affected by type 2 diabetes, or non-insulin dependent, in which the pancreas produces insulin, but the body does not normally respond to it. The races at risk include Maine coon, Siamese and Russian blue.
For diabetic dogs, it is usually a battle of life. With a special regime, they are generally twice per day, veterinary insulin injections said. Once that solve clinical signs, blood glucose concentrations are monitored every three to four months to determine whether changes in the plan of treatment are necessary.
But the prospects of dogs are good. "Typically dogs who are properly treated for diabetes go to live a long life,", said Dr. Charles Wiedmeyer, Assistant Professor of veterinary clinical pathology at the University of Missouri, in Colombia.
Wiedmeyer and colleague Dr. Amy DeClue, veterinary assistant professor, medicine internal, recently adapted a device used to monitor glucose in humans to help diabetic dogs who do not respond to conventional treatment. Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) are flexible devices inserted inch or skin to provide information detailing the levels of sugar.
Using a CGM, blood sugar of a dog can be controlled at home in everyday situations rather than in a cage at the Hospital of animals, they say. Normally, veterinarians create a schema of insulin by blood of the animal in the clinic every two hours on a single day. But the results of the tests are often inaccurate, he said, because of stress felt by pets to be in a familiar environment.
It is not easy to adapt to the needs of a diabetic pet. When Kiki, cat Wong, was diagnosed three years with diabetes, the most difficult part was used to giving insulin shots, said Wong.
Now, it is child's play, she noted. Kiki receives injections of insulin every 12 hours - before Wong left for work and when she came home - more casual check-ups and a modified plan.
Cost Wong on $65 per month to manage his animal disease. But it is not the spirit the additional cost or additional time spent caring for Kiki.
"Ultimately, she and I are certainly closer for all, said Wong." She lives well and appears to be in good health and happy these days, from the end. And this makes it all worth. ?
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