YOGYAKARTA Asma in cats, cannot be completely cured because when exposed it will affect the immunity of its body. For this reason, it is important to maintain your favorite anabul from allergens that cause asthma.

Asthma is a pulmonary sub-airway disease that attacks 1 in 5 percent of cats. Some doctors and researchers agree that cat asthma is caused by an allergic reaction to the Allergen inhaled. These allergen particles stimulate the cat's immune system.

The immune system will form specific antibodies against the allergen. When exposed to the same allergen the second and several times after, the antibodies will recognize the allegen and start a series of conditions, including immune cells that trigger inflammation in the airway reactive. As a result, the diameter of the air channel narrows, mucus accumulates, and the cat experiences respiratory difficulties.

The average cat who has asthma is 4-5 years old. It seems that there is no gender that is prone to asthma. This means that both male and female cats may be exposed to allergens and experience asthma. However, if you maintain Siam's cat, according to research, it may be more susceptible to asthma.

Cats suffering from asthma, recognized by symptoms with difficulty breathing, vomiting, fast breathing, coughs, open breaths, and vomiting. These signs can vary in intensity, ranging from mild to chronic breathing. The sign of a cat suffering from asthma, can also occur spontaneously. This is recognized when a cat bends its body with soil and sticks its neck forward, possibly due to symptoms of asthma.

In diagnosing asthma in cats, veterinarians need to collect history of symptoms and information testing by microscopic evaluation of cells in the secretion of cat breathways and allergic tests. It is important for cat owners to check with a doctor if the cat experiences the symptoms mentioned above. The reason is, these symptoms often pile up with chronic bronchitis symptoms, lung worms, parasitic migration, or other infectious diseases that cause pneumonia.

To treat cat asthma, veterinarians usually prescribing corticosteroids to reduce lung inflammation. Other treatment drugs have not been proven successful in treating cat asthma. But it is in the course of proof of success, experimental therapy with injections of omega-3 fatty acids.

Asthma in cats is often a progressive condition that fails to improve significantly over time, reported by the Veterenary page, Cornel University, Tuesday, August 1. Even though cats cannot really be cured, cat owners who experience asthma need to monitor so that they can help an anabul still be able to enjoy his life for years.


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