Weight loss

Question 1

Due to decreased appetite

Answer 1

can't eat or won't eat
prehension difficulties 
painful mouth
dysphagia
loss of smell (loss of appetite in cats)

Question 2

anorexia - influenced by…

Answer 2

blood glucose
body temp
metabolic products
neural input from GIT
substances released by neoplasia
psychic factors
(direct CNS pathology)

Question 3

anorexia - PE

Answer 3

pyrexia
masses
severe constipation
severe heart disease
anaemia
icterus

Question 4

anorexia - causes

Answer 4

toxins - exogenous or endogenous
pyrexia
electrolyte disturbance
hepatic disease
neoplasia
psychic factors
primary CNS disease

Question 5

maldigestion

Answer 5

exocrine pancreatic insufficiency - most common
secondary enzyme deficiency
deficiency of bile acid
loss of brush border enzymes

Question 6

malabsorption

Answer 6

nutrients digested normally
absorption in SI impared
structural disease of SI - most common
metabolic disease making absorption harder

Question 7

malabsorption - primary GI

Answer 7

infl bowl disease (IBD) - relatively common
lymphangiectasia (can be secondary to IBD)
gastrointestinal lymphoma
severe SI bacterial overgrowth
dry feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)

Question 8

malabsorption - clinical signs

Answer 8

weight loss
diarrhoea
coprophagia

Question 9

malabsorption - secondary GI

Answer 9

hepatic disease
right sided cardiac disease
hyperthyroidism - gut transit time increased + less time for absorption. weight loss also due to increased metabolic rate

Question 10

malutilisation - normal or increased appetite

Answer 10

diarrhoea usually not significant feature
diabetes mellitus
congestive heart failure
dirofilariasis
neoplasia
hyperthyroidism
renal disease

Question 11

malutilisation - increased appetite

Answer 11

diabetes mellitus

hyperthyroidism