Pets and Diabetes

As the animal there are many potential health problems that worry you May. Often these relationships will be focused around your pet is injured in an accident or damage caused by the maintenance of some other external influence, rather than developing the disease. Today we will inform you about diabetes and what it can mean for you and your pet should it develop.

Insulin is a hormone that should be present in the blood glucose to enter cells in the body, giving them energy. Diabetes is when the animal can not produce insulin or the body does not allow them to use insulin properly. There are two types of this disease, and they are known as type 1 and type 2

Type 1

This occurs when the pancreas produces no insulin bilo.Nedostatak insulin means that the cells can not absorb any glucose which in turn means that there is a large amount of glucose in the blood.

Type 2

This surface when the pancreas produces insulin, which is less effective in moving glucose from blood into cells i. Some of the glucose is absorbed, not only as effective as a pet with normal insulin efficiency;. Again, causing high blood glucose levels remain in the

There are a number of signs that may indicate your pet May have diabetes. Urinating and drinking more often and are a key simptomi.Bubrega there's glucose threshold ", which means that when there is too much glucose in the blood exceeds this threshold, and excreted in the urine. This increase in urination leads to further loss of body fluids, thus causing your pet to drink more. Another sign is if your pet has dramatically increased the appetite, but he or she is noticeably losing weight. it occurs due to loss of glucose, which is an important source of energy for your body feed. Lethargy can also be a signifier of the onset of diabetes as hair can be a bad situation (specifically with cats ).

treatment for the disease (both types) usually comes in the form of injections. Once your pet is diagnosed, your vet will give you help and advice on how to manage the injection and at what frequency and dosage. For the first few treatments you can go back to the vet, in order for him to make sure your cat or dog's blood and urine levels. During these visits you will learn how to get samples and make their own readings.

Manage your pet's diabetes is very important. It is not unusual for his or her insulin requirements change due to weight loss or gain, change the exercise regime, or the presence of other diseases. Regularly check the level of glucose in your pet's urine and / or blood samples will help your veterinarian to determine if the insulin is dispensed the right amount.

nutrition is important when managing your cat or dog diabetes. This is because after a meal to digest glucose is released into krvotok.Vrstu food that animals eat will have a negative effect, a meal full of sugar will cause a sudden rise in blood glucose, while a full meal high in complex carbohydrates (such as fiber), it will gradually release of glucose into the bloodstream over a longer period of time.

Diabetes is a disease that can and usually does not last the life of a pet after it has developed. To reduce the risk of those years not covered in front of a pet should develop this trouble, it's a good idea to take out life insurance for pets.

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