Symptoms of obese heart disease in Burmese cats
What are the symptoms of obese heart disease in Burmese cats? Everyone knows that some pet cats will suffer from some hereditary diseases, such as Burmese cats. Burmese cats have many hereditary diseases, and obesity heart disease is one of them. Here is an introduction to you. Look at obese heart disease.
Disease Introduction
Myocardial hypertrophy (HCM) is a consistent reflection of the heart's response to blood shock energy overload. It includes an increase in cardiomyocyte protein synthesis, an increase in volume, and the proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts. In 1979, it was named the thick myocardium. disease. Regarding obese heart disease in animals, reports have recently shown that one of the important symptoms of feline cardiomyopathy is major arterial embolism. As early as 1930 to 1966, there were detailed reports. The main lesions are heart enlargement, left ventricular cavity becoming smaller, ventricular wall hardening, and myocardial interruption force decreasing. Therefore, myocardial enlargement is even rarer in cats.
Cardiac obesity is a basic response of the heart to acute and chronic blood energy overload. The phenotype of cardiac obesity is determined by the expression pattern of genes in the nucleus. The expression patterns of genes developed without costimulation depend primarily on the signaling pathways they activate. Xijia raises cats and puppies such as Pekingese, Pakistani and American.
Cardiac obesity is not a psychological, benign, and adaptive supplementary process, but a pathological process that can lead to serious damage to cardiac function. The mechanisms of remodeling and ventricular hypertrophy are multifaceted, with local and intracirculatory permeability factors likely to play a greater role. The characteristics of obese cardiomyopathy are uneven interventricular distance, very large and disorganized myocardial cells, and bicuspid valves flowing forward during interruption. The thicker heart wall adapts to the shortening, leading to a reduction in ventricular resistance.
Symptoms of disease
Cats may be asymptomatic in the early stages, with acute attacks of disease progression, signs of heart failure and/or thromboembolism, or sudden death, difficulty breathing and lethargy, anorexia, depression, inability to move, and reluctance to act. Clinical signs may include any of the following: decreased movement (drowsiness), dyspnea (dyspnea), shortness of breath (shortness of breath), loss of appetite or anorexia (anorexia), vomiting, posture (won't lie down, legs forward) gestures), syncope (fainting) and sudden death.
Thromboembolism may cause sudden hind limb numbness and continued pain. Typical 5P symptoms: pain or even aches, pallor, pulselessness, poikilothermy, and even irregular heartbeat. We do not expect cats to be diagnosed with cardiomyopathy after sudden hind limb paralysis or loss.
Cardiomyopathy is a disease that may occur in all cats. Currently, in most cases, the cause of cardiomyopathy is considered unknown. However, some factors such as viral diseases and genetic mutations are suspected to be pathogenic, andYoung and middle-aged male cats seem to be even rarer. In people, the majority of cardiomyopathy is caused by genetic mutations; more than 120 different genetic mutations have been identified.
Statistical reports show that British shorthair cats, American shorthair cats, foreign shorthair cats, Scottish fold cats, Norwegian forest cats, leopard cats and Persian cats have genetic predispositions, but Maine Coon cats and puppet cats have been determined to cause obesity. big. Cardiomyopathy is a mutated gene that can be used to detect cardiomyopathy through genetic testing.
【Commentary】
The disease is not detectable at birth and is a progressive disease. Some cats die as kittens, but the most rare cases are cats that live for many years without all symptoms. If there are experienced and knowledgeable veterinarians in this field and good equipment to use ultrasound, but in most cases, although it is not certain, it is possible to diagnose and treat the cat when it is three years old.
But some sick cats may survive for a long time. Asymptomatic cats often die suddenly due to severe abnormal heartbeats, or may realize they are infected with the disease due to blood clots in their hind limbs. Cats may also develop into low energy. Although medications can be used to relieve symptoms, they cannot cure it.
Burmese cats also have many diseases, and the above-mentioned obesity heart disease is just one of them. If you keep a pet cat, you need to first understand the cat’s personality, love it, and control it.
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