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There are 2 predominant phenotypic categories of lower airway diseases in cats: 1,2. Asthma. Chronic bronchitis. The term asthma suggests reversible bronchoconstriction and predominantly eosinophilic airway inflammation.
There are a number of important inflammatory airway diseases of the cat including asthma, chronic bronchitis, parasitic bronchitis, and secondary bacterial bronchitis. Asthma, a type I hypersensitivity reaction against aeroallergens results in pathologic features of airway eosinophilia, airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling.
7 wrz 2023 · Studies using inhaled bronchodilators in pet cats with inflammatory airway disease are lacking, and none report direct measures of improvement in airway resistance.
Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) is common in cats and is an important differential diagnosis for cats presenting with a history of cough, wheezing, or increased expiratory effort. 1-5 Inflammatory airway disease has been proposed to encompass 2 distinct syndromes: asthma and chronic bronchitis. 4, 6, 7 Asthma in cats is considered to be ...
Treatment goals for cats with LAD are to: 1. Reduce airway inflammation 2. Reduce airway hyperreactivity and bronchoconstric-tion, which relieves airflow limitation 3. Ameliorate airway remodeling 4. Remove the underlying cause, if known. therAPeUtiC APProACh Current therapies rely on: • Glucocorticoids to reduce airway inflammation
Treatment goals for cats with LAD are to: Reduce airway inflammation; Reduce airway hyperreactivity and bronchoconstriction, which relieves airflow limitation; Ameliorate airway remodeling; Remove the underlying cause, if known.
Feline inflammatory airway disease commonly results in cough, tachypnea, and, occasionally, nasal discharge. Differentiating among neutrophilic, eosinophilic, and mixed airway inflammation with noninvasive diagnostics (eg, CBC, thoracic radiography) can be a challenge.
