Cats are a magical creature that does not like to eat when they are unhappy, and will get fatty liver if they do not eat. For 3-7 consecutive days without eating, it will be yellow to the shoveler, and the face of raw love makes parents worry. In fact, cats are assassin-type heroes, like to hunt latently, like to be alone, like to eat meat, these are things embedded in their genes, making their attitude towards humans if they are immediate, hot and cold. Some patients with severe cat sucking are good at this mouthful, sucking cats for a day, and relapsing for life. But cat slaves need to pay attention, even this kind of cold-blooded killer has a fatal flaw, that is, intolerance to hunger, the ancestral kind.
Mike was very weak when he was admitted to the hospital
The hospital admitted a male cat named Mike, 3 years old, 5 kilograms, because of his very bad spirits, did not eat, and appeared to be full of yellow infection to come to the doctor. Biochemical blood routine examination, Mike has abnormal liver function index ALT, total bilirubin TBIL is too high, the preliminary diagnosis of Mike has liver damage and jaundice.
Mike's skin and urine are yellow-stained
The Mike liver function index and bilirubin index are too high
Any reason that causes a master to go on hunger strike will trigger fatty liver. This is because when the cat stops eating after the rapid consumption of glycogen, the body will use a large amount of fat to provide energy, but when a large amount of fat pours into the cat's liver, the cat's liver is unable to cope effectively, it is easy to cause liver fat deposition, that is, fatty liver. After the liver cells are occupied by fat, there is no way to work well, often further triggering bilirubin metabolism abnormalities, plasma bilirubin indicators increased, scleral, skin and other yellow stains, and even urine also began to yellow, that is, hyperbilirubinemia, jaundice occurs.
The fatty liver of cats belongs to the non-alcoholic fatty liver NAFLD, which is also a more difficult disease in humans. Such patients are unable to reduce symptoms by controlling diet and increasing exercise. Conversely, restricting food intake and exercise may also worsen the condition. The current FDA-certified drug for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver is Obecholic acid (isomerized goose deoxycholic acid). In response to Mike's condition, Dr. Tu gave Mike the necessary nutritional support on the one hand, and on the other hand, he used the hepatoprotective and anti-yellowing drug Longchang bile acid, 2 grams per day. Longchang bile acid can effectively cope with liver fat deposition, promote bilirubin metabolism, and is the doctor's first choice for hepatoprotective drugs. A week later, Mike's appetite returned, the yellow stain disappeared, and he was discharged from the hospital healthily.
Mike after discharge
Here to remind the majority of shovelers, the masters do not like to eat must pay attention to, observe their skin, eyes and urine have yellow stains, must contact the pet doctor in time for diagnosis, so as not to delay the best treatment time. Mike's owner was more careful to send the doctor in time, and Mike recovered better after being discharged from the hospital, and there was no liver and brain disease.