Transient Feline Diabetes

Transient Feline Diabetes


The incidence of transient diabetes is similar to dogs and cats, there are reports that the frequency different from 100-1 500.1 male cats and dogs is one and a half times more likely than women in development, as well as increase the risk of sterilization has tripled. Other risk factors including obesity and age (older than 10).

Biological diabetic cat

Each cell in the human body needs energy, in order to live. Like other animals, cats, so that they convert the energy consumption of their food into sugar (glucose). This glucose hotels, in the cat's blood in an integral part of normal blood pressure. Individual cells, transient feline diabetes and then delete the part of the blood glucose from the use of energy. Material so that the cell glucose from the blood is a protein, known as' insulin '.

Insulin by pancreatic β-cells, which are situated in the pancreas. Pancreas is an organ in the lower abdomen. When glucose in the blood increased β-cell to release insulin into the blood, which allocated to the cells in the body. Insulin attaches itself to a protein on the cell surface, and allow glucose from the blood into cells, as it is converted into energy.

In transient feline diabetes, certain proteins in the deposition of pancreatic β-cells can prevent β-cells produce enough insulin. These are called amyloid deposits.2 if the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, the cells do not have a way to use glucose, which is in the blood so that the cells' starve to death ', and blood glucose levels in the blood increased.

In response to the lack of energy, the brain sends signals to tell these cats eat more. At the same time, access to other cells in the body to glucose, require physical decomposition fat and muscle protein, the liver can be converted into glucose. A vicious cycle: more glucose is taking shape, but it can not be converted into energy, because there is no enough insulin to divert glucose into cells of human.

When too much sugar in the blood, this' leak 'to cat urine. In the health of the cat urine never contain sugar. In diabetic cats, diabetes drew in the water, it is like a dry sponge absorb moisture. Have a large number of diabetic cat urine, because all of this water. This makes the cat to drink too much, in order to maintain the appropriate amount of water in its body.

These responses led to a lack of insulin and diabetic cats show the same symptoms of diabetes: they lose weight despite increased appetite, excessive drinking, excessive urination.

Obesity and transient feline diabetes

According to a study, obese cat more than four times more likely to be more slender cats.3 insulin resistance increased body fat, it is difficult to insulin do its work, because fat tissue to reduce the action of insulin hormone.

Take active role in the management of your cat's body weight. This may help prevent some of the major health problems, reduce road. Cats are particularly vulnerable to obesity and diabetes is a room, sterilization, middle-aged cat. Indoor cats are often little physical activity in the road. It is not easy to develop a campaign plan for a cat.

There are two cats, instead of a may be the best advice, exercise, because cats can play complementary. If you think your cat also started to weight, you can try some of the methods to control calories (read diet and exercise).

Transient feline diabetes

In the study, anywhere from 10 to 40 percent of diabetic cats were found to have reversible type 2 diabetes so-called 'transient diabetes .4, 5

Some of these cats can be brought back to normal insulin function increasingly emaciated, if they are obese. For others, a short a period of treatment with insulin sometimes can buy time to allow the inversion conditions. Insulin can make a cat alive, as long as there is sufficient for its regained the ability to govern the pancreas to produce insulin naturally.

However, there is no way for your veterinarian know at the outset whether your cat transient feline diabetes is reversible.