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Polyphagia – When Your Pet is Eating You Out of House & Home

16-04-18 by CriticalCareDVM

We all have heard stories about cats stealing lunch meat from their owner’s sandwich or dogs “counter surfing” to find that delicious and warm fresh loaf of bread. Sometimes the pets are simply food motivated and naughty. But – more often than naught – there is a medical reason for their increased hunger. Increased hunger … [Read more…]

Posted in: General Information Tagged: brainstem, central nervous system, CNS, food, gastrointestinal, hypothalamus, polyphagia

Diabetes Mellitus: Part I – Cats

16-03-15 by CriticalCareDVM

This week’s post is the first in a three-part series about diabetes mellitus. In this first week, I discuss diabetes mellitus in cats. Next week I will review this disease as it pertains to our canine friends, and in the third and final week of the series, I will provide information about at-home glucose monitoring … [Read more…]

Posted in: Diseases Tagged: diabetes mellitus, diet, glucose, glucosuria, hyperglycemia, insulin, pancreas, polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, weight loss

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