UPDATE ON MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS, PART 1

摘要

The basic objective of treating diabetic dogs and cats is to control clinical signs of diabetes while avoiding common complications such as hypoglycemia, recurring ketosis, peripheral neuropathy in cats, recurring problems with lethargy, polyphagia, polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss, or a combination of these problems. Most of the devastating chronic complications of human diabetes (e.g., nephropathy, vasculopathy, coronary artery disease) require decades to develop and are uncommon in diabetic dogsand cats; the exception is peripheral neuropathy.