Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD)

Dr. Lera talks about FLUTD, also known as feline lower urinary tract disease with Venus, a three-year-old female spayed long-haired cat.

Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is not a specific disease, but rather is the term used to describe conditions that can affect the urinary bladder and/or urethra (the lower urinary tract) of cats. Clinical signs for these disorders are all very similar so it is often difficult or impossible to determine the underlying cause without doing further investigations. Although many different diseases can affect the lower urinary tract, frustratingly, a number of cats develop a disease without any obvious underlying cause – so called ‘feline idiopathic cystitis‘ or FIC. This form of disease appears to bear many similarities to a disease in humans called ‘interstitial cystitis’, but in both cats and humans it can be difficult to manage. (source: icatcare.org)

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