Diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis – cause or effect?

摘要: Diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis are two distinct diseases encountered commonly in small animal practice. Whilst the clinical signs of diabetes usually unmistakeable, a firm diagnosis can prove more elusive, as often variable. Over past 10 to 15 years, despite fact that remarkably consistent, it has become apparent underlying pathology dogs cats is heterogeneous, with exocrine pancreatic inflammation accompanying number cases. However, question remains whether causes or whether, conversely, leads mellitus--as there evidence support both scenarios. The concurrence implications for case management such cases may follow difficult course, their glycaemic control being "brittle" result variation degree inflammation. Problems also arise if abdominal pain vomiting lead anorexia. In addition, diabetic at risk developing insufficiency following months which complicate further.