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Lower airway disease is classified into 2 predominant categories: asthma and chronic bronchitis. Here's how to differentiate between the 2 in cats.
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.
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.
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.
• Cats have a particularly well-developed cough and gag reflex. Tracheobronchial cough can be stimulated by lower airway inflammation, excess production or retention of mucous secretions, irritation or pressure within or outside the trachea, and development of significant bronchoconstriction.
Asthma in cats is an inflammatory condition of the lower airways that manifests clinically as a chronic cough and, in some cases, intermittent exacerbations with expiratory distress (Read more about upper airway conditions).
Most of the lower airway conditions in cats are due to non-infectious causes, with inflammatory airway disease associated with allergies or unknown triggers being the most common. Reactive airways result from ongoing irritation.
