Symptoms and prevention of diabetes in dogs

Symptoms of dog diabetes:

1. Excessive appetite, no weight gain, drinking a lot of water.

2. Depression of vitality, fatigue and fatigue, and rapid weight loss.

3. The urine volume increases greatly, the specific gravity is also high, and the urine color is light yellow.

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

5. In the final stage, corneal ulcers, cataracts, vitreous opacities, omental peeling, blindness, skin ulcers, hair loss, heart failure, and even coma may occur.

Prevention and treatment of dog diabetes:

1. Food therapy is the basic treatment method for canine diabetes. Its principle is to give low-carbohydrate food, such as meat, milk, etc.; supplement a sufficient amount of B vitamins; feed regularly and quantitatively, several times in small amounts.

2. For those who urgently need to control hyperglycemia and correct metabolic disorders, fast-acting insulin should be used; for those with stable conditions, long-acting or intermediate-acting insulin should generally be used.

3. Oral hypoglycemic drugs, commonly used drugs are benzenesulfonylcyclohexylurea, chlorpropamide, tolbutamide, glyburide, etc. It is generally limited to dogs whose blood sugar does not exceed 200 mg per 100 ml and is not accompanied by ketosis.

4. Insulin therapy, half an hour before feeding in the morning, subcutaneously inject intermediate-acting insulin 0.5 μg/kg body weight, once a day. For dogs with ketoacidosis, crystalline insulin or semi-lentic insulin zinc suspension can be used, and small doses of continuous intravenous infusion or small doses of intramuscular injection are used. The intravenous injection dose is 0.1 μg/kg body weight, and the intramuscular dose is 1 microgram for more than 3 kilograms, 2 micrograms for less than 10 kilograms.

5. Fluid therapy, lactated Ringer's solution, 0.45% sodium chloride solution and 5% glucose solution can be used. The amount of intravenous fluid should generally not exceed 90 ml/kg body weight, 20-30 ml/kg body weight can be injected first, and then injected slowly. And timely supplement potassium salt.