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Article: What is cushing's disease? An excess of an important hormone, cortisol, can have deadly consequences for your cat. Here's what to look for.(Disease)
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- Cat Watch
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Your cat Pinky has enjoyed good health for most of the eight years she's spent in your home. Lately, however, she's been undergoing some worrisome changes. She's eating and drinking much more than she used to; she's recently begun to develop a potbelly; and she's become uncharacteristically lethargic.
While such changes could be attributable at least in part to her advancing age, they are also signs that Pinky could be afflicted with a disorder called hyper-adrenocorticism, otherwise known as Cushing's disease.
According to Deb Zoran, DVM, PhD, an associate professor of medicine at Texas A&M University's College of ...