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If left untreated, the condition can lead to cataracts, increasing weakness in the legs (neuropathy), malnutrition, ketoacidosis, dehydration, and death. [2] Diabetes mainly affects middle-aged and older dogs, but there are juvenile cases. [3] [4] [5] The typical canine diabetes patient is middle-aged, female, and overweight at diagnosis.
A diabetic alert dog is an assistance dog trained to detect high ( hyperglycemia) or low ( hypoglycemia) levels of blood sugar in humans with diabetes and alert their owners to dangerous changes in blood glucose levels. [1] This allows their owners to take steps to return their blood sugar to normal, such as using glucose tablets, sugar, and ...
The endocrine organs of the dog. Diabetes mellitus in dogs is type 1, or insulin dependent diabetes: a lack of insulin production due to destruction of pancreatic beta cells. [87] [88] [89] Current research indicates no evidence of type 2 diabetes in dogs. [90] Among the causes of diabetes mellitus in dogs are autoimmune disease or severe ...
The health of dogs is a well studied area in veterinary medicine . Dog health is viewed holistically; it encompasses many different aspects, including disease processes, genetics, and nutritional health, for example. Infectious diseases that affect dogs are important not only from a veterinary standpoint, but also because of the risk to public ...
A demonstration of a dog waking its owner while holding a medical pouch in its mouth. A medical response dog is an assistance dog trained to assist an individual who has a medical disability. Typically, they are dogs whose job does not handle primarily epilepsy or psychiatric -based conditions, though some seizure response dogs or psychiatric ...
Epilepsy in animals is a group of neurological disorders characterized by seizures, caused by uncontrolled, abnormal bursts of electrical activity in the brain. They can start and stop very abruptly and last any amount of time from a few seconds to a few minutes. [1] Canine epilepsy is often genetic but epilepsy in cats and other pets is rarer ...
Dogs suffering from diabetes mellitus, Cushing's disease (hyperadrenocorticism), hypothyroidism, and epilepsy are at increased risk for pancreatitis. [2] [14] Diabetes and hypothyroidism are also associated with hyperlipidemia.
Diabetes in cats. Diabetes is a chronic disease in cats whereby either insufficient insulin response or insulin resistance leads to persistently high blood glucose concentrations. Diabetes affects up to 1 in 230 cats, [1] and may be becoming increasingly common. Diabetes is less common in cats than in dogs.