Sunday, December 26, 2010

November is Diabetes Month at Embrace Pet Insurance

November is Diabetes Month at Embrace Pet Insurance: "

Actually, it's Diabetes Month according to the American Diabetes Association so we thought it a good idea to point out that it's not just people that get diabetes, dogs and cats get it too.


There are a lot of interesting facts about diabetes and cats and dogs that perhaps you didn't know. For example:



  • Kitten with friend in cases of feline diabetes, a combination of a low carbohydrate healthy diet, long-lasting insulin, and well-chosen dosage plans can in many cases partially heal a damaged pancreas and allow the cat's blood sugar to be controlled entirely by diet thereafter - unique to cats sadly

  • diabetes is more common in dogs than cats

  • cats metabolize insulin more rapidly than dogs or humans

  • the typical canine diabetes patient is middle-aged, female and overweight at diagnosis"