An individual approach to feline diabetes care: a case report and literature review
Autor: | David B. Church, Moira Lewitt, Emma Strage |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
Home glucose monitoring
Blood Glucose medicine.medical_specialty Remission 040301 veterinary sciences medicine.drug_class medicine.medical_treatment Case Report Hypoglycemia Cat Diseases Methylprednisolone 0403 veterinary science Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring medicine Animals Insulin Intensive care medicine Glycemic General Veterinary business.industry 0402 animal and dairy science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine medicine.disease 040201 dairy & animal science Diet Treatment Outcome Endocrinology Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Dermatitis Allergic Contact Cats Insulin therapy Corticosteroid Female Home blood glucose monitoring business medicine.drug |
Zdroj: | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica |
ISSN: | 1751-0147 |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13028-016-0245-0 |
Popis: | Background Achieving insulin independence is emerging as a realistic therapeutic goal in the management of feline diabetes mellitus. Case presentation The management of an 11-year-old spayed female Burmese cat presenting with diabetes mellitus after corticosteroid administration is described. Remission was achieved after the frequency of insulin administration was increased to four times a day, and supported by intensive home blood glucose monitoring and a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Conclusion Owners are important collaborators in feline diabetes care and, with intensive home monitoring, more frequent insulin treatment may lead to remission without hypoglycemia. More frequent insulin injections than recommended in the literature may be necessary to achieve glycemic control and used as an alternative to a longer-acting insulin. |
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