Diabetes is one of the most common
endocrine diseases affecting middle - aged and senior dogs, with 70 percent of patients older than seven at the time of diagnosis.
If your cat is more than 10 years old, there's a good chance he has developed hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid gland), one of the most common
endocrine diseases affecting older cats.
Not exact matches
Research suggests that about a third of kids are lucky enough to escape trauma, but about a quarter suffer such high doses that it
affects brain development, immune and
endocrine functioning, and can create mental and physical
disease systems that reduce the lifespan by an average of 20 years.
Hormone
diseases include
endocrine system
diseases, which directly
affect the glands of the
endocrine system.
Diseases will be discussed in a categorized systematic format to include: infectious
diseases, hematologic
diseases, and
diseases affecting various systems including cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, integumentary,
endocrine, reproductive and nervous.
Feline hyperthyroidism is a very common
endocrine disease that
affects older cats (and middle - aged cats), and is easily diagnosed and treated with radioactive iodine therapy at all Thyro - Cat locations.
Furthermore, recent vaccination of genetically susceptible breeds has been associated with transient seizures in puppies and adult dogs, as well as a variety of autoimmune
diseases including those
affecting the blood,
endocrine organs, joints, skin and mucosa, central nervous system, eyes, muscles, liver, kidneys, and bowel.
In light of these symptoms, one possible condition that he will likely check for is Cushing's
disease, one of the most commonly diagnosed
diseases to
affect the canine
endocrine system.
Diabetes mellitus is the second most common
endocrine disease in cats,
affecting an estimated one in four hundred cats; it is seen more frequently in middle to old - age, overweight, cats.
There are many common
endocrine disorders found in dogs and cats including: diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism (more common in dogs), hyperthyroidism (more common in cats), Addison's
disease (hypoadrenocorticism) and Cushing's
disease (hyperadrenocorticism) can
affect both species.