Symptoms and treatment of fatty liver disease in cats

May 15,2024
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Symptoms of fatty liver in cats:

1. The typical clinical symptoms of fatty liver in cats are not eating for a long time and gradually losing weight. Some obese cats will eventually experience a significant loss of muscle and fat in their lower back, while abdominal fat will still be evident.

2. Cats will have jaundice, with their eyes, mouth, and skin all over the body gradually turning yellow, drooling, chronic vomiting, and general weakness and reluctance to move. Some cats with severe conditions may have neurological symptoms such as convulsions.

Treatment methods for cat fatty liver:

1. If it is detected early and the cat has no other complications, the treatment is relatively simple. You must try every means to force the cat Eat. Because the treatment of feline fatty liver mainly relies on active nutritional support, which means that high-protein foods must be provided to reverse the body's metabolic starvation state. For cats that are unwilling to take the initiative to eat, owners need to find ways to feed them some food.

2. For cats that have obvious complications, it is best to take the cat to the hospital for treatment. For cats with fatty liver disease, the owner's careful care and unremitting persistence are even more essential, because the treatment process for cats with fatty liver disease is usually relatively long.

The reasons for the formation of fatty liver in cats:

The main reason is that when a cat does not eat for a long time, the body will be mobilized to decompose a large amount of peripheral food. Fat is used to provide energy, and triglycerides formed during this process also enter the liver and continue to accumulate around liver cells, causing damage to the liver and eventually leading to liver failure or even death.

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