Diabetes is a disease of affluence. As living standards improve, more and more people keep pets, and more and more people indulge in and feed them unscientifically. According to surveys, in recent years, the number of dogs and cats suffering from diabetes in pet hospitals has gradually increased.

What should you do if your dog has diabetes? Canine diabetes is an endocrine disease of dogs, clinically characterized by hyperglycemia, glycosuria, polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight loss. Obese old dogs over 5 years old are prone to this disease (dogs aged 8 to 9 years old have the highest incidence), and the incidence rate in female dogs is 2 to 4 times that of male dogs.

1. Causes of canine diabetes:

1. The direct cause is: insufficient secretion of insulin in the endocrine secretion of the dog’s pancreas.

2. Liver disease prevents glycogen from accumulating.

3. The sugar center in the medulla oblongata is stimulated and blood sugar increases.

4. Diseases of the adrenal glands, thyroid gland, and pituitary gland will increase blood sugar when their functions become hyperactive.

5. Sedatives, anesthetics, thiazides, phenytoin and other drugs affect the release of insulin.

2. Clinical symptoms of canine diabetes:

1. The main symptoms of dogs suffering from diabetes are irritability, thirst, polyuria, gluttony, weakness and weight loss;

2. When the condition of the sick dog is serious, the exhaled breath will smell like ketone. If it progresses further, stubborn vomiting and bloody diarrhea may occur, leading to acidosis and eventually diabetic coma;

3. Increased blood sugar, usually 75-120 mg/100 ml in dogs, but in this disease it increases to 150 mg/100 ml, sometimes even 400 mg/100 ml;

4. In the final stage, it may cause corneal ulcers, cataracts, vitreous opacity, omental detachment, blindness, skin ulcers, hair loss, heart failure, and even coma;