An individual approach to feline diabetes care: a case report and literature review

Moira Lewitt; Emma Strage; David Church

doi:10.1186/s13028-016-0245-0

An individual approach to feline diabetes care: a case report and literature review

Moira Lewitt
, Emma Strage
, David Church

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Abstract

Background
Achieving insulin independence is emerging as a realistic therapeutic goal in the management of feline diabetes mellitus.

Case presentation
The management of an 11-year-old spayed female Burmese cat presenting with diabetes mellitus after corticosteroid administration is described. Remission was achieved after the frequency of insulin administration was increased to four times a day, and supported by intensive home blood glucose monitoring and a high protein, low carbohydrate diet.

Conclusion
Owners are important collaborators in feline diabetes care and, with intensive home monitoring, more frequent insulin treatment may lead to remission without hypoglycemia. More frequent insulin injections than recommended in the literature may be necessary to achieve glycemic control and used as an alternative to a longer-acting insulin.

Original language	English
Journal	Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
Volume	58
Issue number	S1
Early online date	20 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0245-0
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 20 Oct 2016

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