This page is reserved for special information about Alamo Feline Health Center, cats, and cat diseases. It will be updated periodically as appropriate information becomes available. The paper describes new aspects of hyperthyroidism, a common disease in older cats.
Hyperthyroidism is due to an enlargement of the thyroid gland.
However, before it is diagnosed many cats loose substantial weight and develop secondary heart disease and high blood pressure. Therefore, what has been needed is a way to diagnose this disease long before these adverse events occur. One of the goals of medicine is to detect and treat disease before severe or irreversible events happen. Many lives have been saved because breast cancer in women can be diagnosed very early, before it has spread to other parts of the body. It is simple and non-painful to the cat.