In some cases, HCM worsens quickly once diagnosed; in other cases,
cats with mild disease may live symptom - free for years.
Not exact matches
Rather, the majority of exposed
cats will show no signs of
disease or only minimal ones, including a
mild upper respiratory
disease with sneezing, water eyes, a runny nose or a
mild intestinal problem.
With HCM in particular, some
cats may develop only
mild hypertrophy and suffer little compromise of heart function, while others progress to more severe
disease.
A
cat with mild to moderate
disease may enjoy an essentially normal life for a number of years.
A
cat with mild to moderate heart
disease may enjoy an essentially normal life for a number of years.
Although
cat flu has a number of different causes, another sign which was significantly associated
with getting infected by FCoV was sneezing and
mild signs of upper respiratory
disease.
The test is not as effective in detecting
cats with mild to moderate
disease.
Cats with mild to moderate hyperthyroidism may be more effectively controlled on this diet than those
with more severe
disease.
An iodinated contrast material used orally to suppress the conversion of T4 into T3, this option works best in
mild to moderate cases as opposed to those
cats with severe long - standing
disease.
Many
cats with mild to moderate
disease will improve
with this step alone.
As only
cats with mild subclinical HCM were included in the study it is unknown if atenolol adminstration also positively affects cardiac function parameters in
cats with more severe HCM or actual clinically evident heart
disease.
Topical tetracycline may be prescribed for
cats with mild acute
disease to prevent secondary Mycoplasma overgrowth.
Cats that are diagnosed early in the course of
disease while the
disease is still
mild are more likely to be cured or to undergo remission than those that have been struggling
with diabetes for some time without treatment.
Cats with mild or moderate forms (or perhaps those
with early stages of the
disease) often benefit from increased dietary fiber, administration of laxatives or stool softeners of various kinds, and drugs called prokinetic agents (like cisapride) that stimulate the muscles of the colon.