Symptoms of diabetes in dogs

1. The main symptoms are: irritability, thirst, eating too much, diarrhea, and weight loss .

2. When a dog’s condition worsens, its exhaled breath may have a ketone odor. If it progresses further, symptoms of intractable vomiting and bloody diarrhea will appear, which will further lead to acidosis and diabetic coma.

3. High blood sugar. After you have diabetes, it will increase to 150 mg/100 ml, and sometimes even as high as 400 mg/100 ml.

4. If diabetes is particularly severe, it may also cause symptoms such as corneal ulcers, vitreous opacity, omental detachment, and even blindness, as well as hair loss, heart failure, and even coma.

Prevention and treatment measures for dog diabetes

1. Once your dog is found to have the above suspicious symptoms, you need to send your dog to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time. Instruct the dog to take medicine on time and adhere to long-term treatment.

2. The basic treatment method for dog diabetes is feed therapy. The principle of feed therapy is to feed the dog low-carbohydrate food, such as meat, and to supplement sufficient B vitamins. Feed the affected dog regularly and quantitatively, multiple times and in small amounts.

3. Inject insulin to control hyperglycemia in dogs and correct metabolic disorders. In severe cases, rapid-acting insulin can be used, while in stable cases, long-acting or intermediate-acting insulin can be used.

4. Let the dog take oral hypoglycemic drugs. Commonly used hypoglycemic drugs include: phenylsulfonamide acetate, tolbutamide, etc. However, this drug is generally limited to dogs whose blood sugar is no higher than 100 ml/200 mg and does not have ketonemia.

5. Treatment with insulin therapy and liquid therapy. However, it is worth noting that different insulins may be injected at different times. Some are injected before meals and some are injected after meals, so the owner must Strictly follow your veterinarian's instructions.