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Atropine-Class Drug Poisoning in Dogs and Cats
Atropine-class (antimuscarinic) drugs used as spasmolytics or eye drops can poison pets through overdose, causing dry mouth, excitement, dilated pupils, gut stasis and, severely, coma and breathing failure. A muscarinic agonist antidote reverses it.
Nitrite Poisoning (Methemoglobinaemia) in Dogs and Cats
Nitrites convert red blood cells' oxygen-carrying pigment into methaemoglobin, so tissues are starved of oxygen. Poisoned pets turn blue, seize and can die within minutes; a specific dye antidote reverses it.
Selenium Metabolism Disorders in Dogs and Cats: Deficiency (White Muscle Disease) and Toxicity
Selenium is an essential trace mineral that supports antioxidant defence and immune function in dogs and cats. Both too little and too much are harmful: deficiency causes nutritional myodegeneration (white muscle disease) affecting skeletal and heart muscle, while excess produces acute and chronic poisoning.
Diabetes Mellitus in Dogs and Cats
Diabetes mellitus in dogs and cats is a disorder of insulin deficiency or resistance that causes persistently high blood sugar. Classic signs are excessive drinking, eating, and urinating with weight loss, and treatment centers on diet, insulin or other glucose-lowering medication, and monitoring.
Glycogen Storage Disease in Dogs and Cats
Glycogen storage disease is an inherited metabolic disorder in which a congenital lack of glycogen-splitting enzymes lets glycogen accumulate in the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system. It causes persistent low blood sugar with weakness, seizures, and incontinence, and needs prompt veterinary care to avoid irreversible brain damage.
Canine and Feline Insulin Excess (Hyperinsulinism)
Insulin excess occurs when the pancreas releases too much insulin, driving blood sugar dangerously low. It causes weakness, wobbliness, and in severe cases seizures or collapse, and is usually managed by correcting the low sugar and treating the underlying cause.
Canine and Feline Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison’s Disease)
Hypoadrenocorticism, or Addison's disease, occurs when the adrenal glands fail to produce enough cortisol and aldosterone. It causes vague signs such as lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, and poor appetite, and acute crises can be life-threatening without prompt treatment.
Hyperparathyroidism in Dogs and Cats
Hyperparathyroidism is excess parathyroid hormone from a tumor or dietary imbalance that disrupts calcium-phosphorus balance, causing poor appetite, vomiting, weakness, and urinary stones or kidney failure. Treatment targets the cause and corrects calcium.
Myelitis and Meningomyelitis in Dogs and Cats
Myelitis and meningomyelitis are inflammations of the spinal cord and its surrounding membranes, often secondary to infection or trauma. They cause fever, pain, and progressive weakness or paralysis, and treatment must eliminate the underlying cause while controlling inflammation.
Heatstroke and Sunstroke in Dogs: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Heatstroke and sunstroke—together called heat illness—overwhelm a dog's ability to shed heat, sending body temperature dangerously high and damaging the brain and organs. Large and short-nosed breeds are most at risk, and rapid cooling with veterinary care is lifesaving.