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4 Οκτ 2023 · Diabetes results in many hormonal changes that cause cats to lose weight, including breaking down muscle. Diabetic cats have very specific nutritional needs, and their weight will not return until their blood sugar is regulated.
1 Σεπ 2009 · For example, polydipsia may be present in cats with hyperthyroidism, renal disease and diabetes mellitus — all common causes of weight loss. It is important to remember that elderly cats often have more than one clinical problem.
3 Οκτ 2024 · Older cats can lose weight for several reasons, including dental disease, oral pain, digestive issues, cancer, and systemic diseases, such as diabetes and hyperthyroidism. Most...
The most important risk factors identified for the development of diabetes in cats include obesity, increasing age, physical inactivity, male gender, and the use of glucocorticoids (steroids) to treat other illnesses such as feline asthma.
20 Απρ 2012 · An alarming number of cats are developing diabetes mellitus, which is the inability to produce enough insulin to balance blood sugar, or glucose, levels. Left untreated, it can lead to weight...
The classical clinical signs of diabetes in cats are polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Glycosuria occurs when blood glucose concentration exceeds the capacity of the proximal tubule to reabsorb glucose from the glomerular filtrate (~14–16 mmol/L [250–290 mg/dL]), and the resulting osmotic dieresis leads to polyuria and compensatory ...
Diabetic cats typically present for investigation of polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia and weight loss, although the ratio in which these individual signs occur may vary between patients. Reduced activity, attitude, ability to jump, plantigrade (and even palmigrade) posture and unkempt hair coat might also be present.
