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Cat with noticeable jaundice from late-stage hepatic lipidosis. Note the ears and eye-membrane. Feline hepatic lipidosis, also known as feline fatty liver syndrome, is one of the most common forms of liver disease of cats. [1] The disease officially has no known cause, though obesity is known to increase the risk. [2]
The erythrocytic disease is not as important for clinical disease, but is often used to diagnose C. felis because piroplasms (erythrocytes that have phagocytized merozoites) can be seen on a peripheral blood smear under the microscope. [4] It is not clear why some cats become clinically affected with C. felis while others
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs (such as jaundice) of liver disease, and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage (loss of function of 80–90% of liver cells).
A more serious consequence of working with TNT powder was liver toxicity, which led to anaemia and jaundice. This condition, known as "toxic jaundice", gave the skin a different type of yellow hue. A medical investigation was carried out by the government in 1916, to closely study the effects of TNT on the munitions workers.
This disease is marked by increased extravascular hemolysis, with laboratory findings including increased lactate dehydrogenase and decreased or absent haptoglobin in both warm and cold AIHA, and positive Coombs test. [5] Clinically, jaundice or dark urine present in approximately one-third of the cases, and most of the symptoms are related to ...
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The disease begins when the cat stops eating from a loss of appetite, forcing the liver to convert body fat into usable energy. Feline lower urinary tract disease is a term that is used to cover many problems of the feline urinary tract , including stones and cystitis .
Feline disease refers to infections or illnesses that affect cats. They may cause symptoms, sickness or the death of the animal. Some diseases are symptomatic in one cat but asymptomatic in others. Feline diseases are often opportunistic and tend to be more serious in cats that already have concurrent sicknesses.