Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Polycystic kidney disease appeared after separation anxiety
By Hosseininejad, M & Hosseini, F·Published in Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS·2008·Department of Small Animal Internal Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Spontaneous manifestation of polycystic kidney disease following separation anxiety in a Persian cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 4-year-old female Persian cat was brought in after her owner noticed signs of chronic kidney failure, which developed shortly after the cat experienced separation anxiety. Initially, the cat had no health issues during a checkup before the owner traveled. After starting treatment for her anxiety, the cat's condition worsened, leading to further tests that revealed she had inherited polycystic kidney disease. This case suggests that the stress from separation anxiety may have triggered the kidney disease to become more apparent.
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Abstract
A 4-year-old female Persian cat was referred with the history of separation from the owner. There was no clinical sign and everything had been reported as normal during the veterinary checkup just before separation and traveling. The history and clinical signs were fit to separation anxiety when the cat referred to us. Ten days after the diagnosis and starting of the treatment for separation anxiety, the cat was referred again with the clinical signs of chronic renal failure. Further assessments showed an inherited polycystic kidney disease. Spontaneous manifestation of polycystic kidney disease after separation anxiety indicate that this phenomenon may cause the chronic process of polycystic kidney disease to promote.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19266936/