VOMITING IN CATS: WILL IT EVER END?

摘要

Two important clinical parameters to assess in a chronically vomiting cat are appetite and weight loss. First, determine whether the cat has anorexia, and then determine if the anorexia is acute or chronic (more than a week), then calculate what percentage of body weight the cat has lost. If the percentage of body weight lost is greater than 5% or the weight loss has occurred rapidly--e.g., within a week--consider the problem significant and aggressive evaluation and treatment of the cat essential. Protein malnutrition can lead to many adverse effects including immunosuppression, loss of intestinal epithelial cells (enterocytes), and continued loss of lean body mass, to name a few. It may also trigger events leading to hepatic lipidosis.