Subnormal concentrations of vitamin B - 12 have been demonstrated in some cats
with cholangiohepatitis associated with chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
50 % of cats
with cholangiohepatitis were diagnosed with lesions on their pancreas.
Not exact matches
Other complications associated
with fat ingestion can include pancreatitis and
cholangiohepatitis (disorders of gall bladder and liver), so think before you offer anything that is high in fat.
Pancreatitis is often associated
with triad disease (see Cholangitis -
cholangiohepatitis above).
Dogs and cats
with chronic liver and pancreatic problems (triad disease,
cholangiohepatitis) also tend to have low TP levels.
Restricted - protein diets also are inappropriate for most cats
with chronic
cholangiohepatitis in which underlying inflammatory bowel disease and pancreatitis are inordinately common.
The prognosis is poor, however, for cats that are diagnosed
with either type of
cholangiohepatitis when it has already reached an advanced stage.
«So we will usually treat this type of
cholangiohepatitis with immunosuppressive drugs, such as steroids,» he points out.