{"id":274,"date":"2010-04-05T04:28:10","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-02-23T02:08:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T07:08:44","slug":"canine-cushings-disease-keeping-your-dogs-health-in-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/canine-cushings-disease-keeping-your-dogs-health-in-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Canine Cushings Disease \u2013 Keeping Your Dog\u2019s Health In Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/\">Canine Cushings Disease<\/a><\/strong> can be a degenerative disease and brain-endocrine disorder that is recognized to affect additional than half a million dogs. This is considered a medical complex disorder and it is caused by an excess on the naturally developed steroid known as cortisol or glucocoticoid.<\/p>\n<p>Canine Cushings disease symptoms are increased appetite and thirst, increased urination, patchy hair loss, high blood pressure, and panting. The dogs skin is affected by Cushings disease.<\/p>\n<p>Cushings Disease occurs when there is an over-active adrenal gland (known as Hyperadrenocorticism or HAC), which causes chronically increased cortisol to circulate in the blood.<\/p>\n<p>Cortisol affects nearly every cell in the body and is a natural blood steroid, responsible for the presence of glucose in the bloodstream; more directly, cortisol creates a balance of glucose in the bloodstream by breaking down muscle (catabolism) and fat (lipoysis) tissue.<\/p>\n<p>Cushings Disease is a condition seen in dogs which is often mistaken for a dog simply getting old. Cusings Disease is a condition diagnosed by a urine cortisol\/creatinine ratio test, an ACTH stimulation test, and low and high dose dexamethasone suppression tests.<\/p>\n<p>Cushings Disease occurs in horses of about twenty years of age. The disease is caused by pituitary gland malfunction, and causes hormonal imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment involves the use of different adrenolytic agents, enzyme inhibitors and ketaconazole. Surgery is indicated in some cases. Treatment is stopped once the water consumption or appetite starts to decrease. Treatment with homeopathic remedies is a viable option.<\/p>\n<p>As the owner of your furry friend, you have a responsibility to make the right choice in regarding the best canine Cushings disease treatment.<\/p>\n<p>[videotrafficgenius:dog-problems-videos\/canine-cushings-disease-2.flv canine-cushings-disease-2.png 480 380]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canine Cushings Disease can be a degenerative disease and brain-endocrine disorder that is recognized to affect additional than half a million dogs. This is considered a medical complex disorder and it is caused by an excess on the naturally developed steroid known as cortisol or glucocoticoid.<br \/>\nCanine Cushings disease symptoms are increased appetite and thirst, increased urination, patchy hair loss, high blood pressure, and panting. The dogs skin is affected by Cushings disease.<br \/>\nCushings Disease occurs when there is an over-active adrenal gland (known as Hyperadrenocorticism or HAC), which causes chronically increased cortisol to circulate in the blood.<\/p>\n<p>Cortisol affects nearly every cell [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[52,31,49,39,50],"class_list":["post-274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-problems","tag-canine-cushings-disease","tag-canine-incontinence","tag-canine-kidney-disease","tag-canine-lyme-disease","tag-cushings-disease-dog","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1677,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274\/revisions\/1677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easy-dog-obedience-training.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}