International Endocrinology Congress

Diabetes in Pets

Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which the endocrine pancreas beta cells either stop making insulin or can no longer create enough of it to meet the body's needs.. If left untreated, cataracts, increased weakness in the legs (neuropathy), starvation, ketoacidosis, dehydration, and death might occur. Diabetes may affects middle-aged and older dogs, it can also affect puppies.  At the time of diagnosis, the typical canine diabetes patient is middle-aged, female, and overweight. In thirty years, the number of dogs diagnosed with diabetes mellitus has climbed thrice. Only 50% of patients survived the first 60 days following diagnosis and were successfully treated at home, according to survival rates from around the same time. Diabetic dogs who receive therapy now have the same lifetime as non-diabetic dogs of the same age and gender.