Recent data suggest that with appropriate diet and the use of a new insulin preparation called insulin glargine, more than half of newly
diagnosed diabetic cats will return to a non-diabetic state within a few months.
If your cat is overweight, please see Feline Obesity but you need to understand that it is beyond the scope of a webpage to explain how to implement a safe weight loss program at the same time that you are dealing with an unregulated or newly
diagnosed diabetic cat.
Not exact matches
If
diagnosed early and treated properly greater than half of
diabetic cats can come off insulin and continue the high protein diet as maintenance.
The concentration of these proteins is not affected by stress, therefore they are often used by veterinary practices to
diagnose and monitor
diabetic cats.
In human
diabetics, diagnosis is based on fasting blood - glucose concentration values of ≥ 7 mmol / L, whereas in
cats, it is usually
diagnosed once clinical signs are evident (1).
Approximately one - half to three - quarters of
diabetic cats have IDDM and thus require insulin injections as soon as the disease is
diagnosed.
Once
diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, a
cat will always be considered
diabetic.
But cyclosporine might be the better choice in overweight
cats,
diabetic cats,
cats that have been
diagnosed with heart disease and
cats that just did not respond adequately to prednisolone or another corticosteroid.