Description

Adrenal hyperactivity
Excessive hormone production by the adrenal gland is an increasingly common disease today.

It has two forms:

It is of pituitary origin (80%), which is the result of excessive production of the ACTH hormone produced in the pituitary gland.

It is of adrenal origin (20%), resulting from a benign tumor of the adrenal gland.

The disease usually begins around middle age and is more common in dogs than in cats. Males and bitches are equally affected.

Symptoms:

- increased water consumption

- large and frequent urination

- increased appetite

- due to abdominal enlargement, liver swelling

- muscle atrophy

- symmetrical hair loss

- brittle hairs

- thinned skin, oily to the touch, flaky skin

- formation of dark spots on the skin

- rat tail

Diagnosis:

Accurate laboratory blood tests and tests are required for an accurate diagnosis before starting treatment. Which needs to be repeated and monitored even after setting up the treatment.

Adrenal hyperfunction Therapy:

It consists of the setting of drug treatment, which can inhibit the synthesis of steroid hormones. Instead, before this, it is worth continuing treatment with the above package, because if the symptoms subside or even disappear, it is not necessary to start the synthetic treatment or its dose will be much lower than it would have been without it. In the latter case, parallel dosing is required.