Preventive care is vital for keeping your pet healthy as it can help you avoid serious health complications that
are both unpleasant and expensive to treat. Here’s a look at several common examples;
Where to look | What to look for | Why you should care |
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Mouth & teeth | Gingivitis, periodontal disease, oral cancer | Your pet could suffer from oral pain, tooth abscesses, tooth loss, systemic infection, and cancer progression |
Liver | Inflammatory liver disease, toxic reaction to certain drugs, cancer, “Cushing Syndrome” | Your pet could suffer from jaundice, liver failure, anemia, bleeding disorder, cancer progression, and fatal symptoms |
Kidney | Acute and chronic kidney diseases, kidney stones, kidney infection | Your pet could suffer from irreversible kidney damage, kidney failure, high blood pressure, blindness, anemia, and fatal symptoms |
Heart & lungs | Heart muscle disease, leaky heart valves, irregular heart rhythms, heart worm disease, bronchitis | Your pet could suffer from poor circulation, fluid build-up in the lungs and/or abdomen, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, and sudden death |
Joints & bones | Arthritis, hip dysplasia, torn cruciate ligament, degenerative back disease, cancer | Your pet could suffer from pain, reduced mobility, progressive disease, and paralysis |
Glands & endocrine system | Diabetes, thyroid disease, adrenal disease | Your pet could suffer from cataracts, blindness, wasting, hair/coat changes, hair loss, skin infections, collapse, and fatal symptoms |
Eyes & vision | Corneal ulcers, cataracts, dry eye, glaucoma | Your pet could suffer from pain, progressive blindness, and loss of eye(s) |
Digestion & gastrointestinal system | Intestinal parasites, infection, inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, pancreatitis, cancer | Your pet could suffer from an inability to absorb nutrients, wasting, abdominal pain, cancer progression, and fatal symptoms |
Skin | Allergies, fleas, mites, ticks, lumps, skin infections, ear infections | Your pet could suffer from hair loss, tick-borne infections, tick-borne diseases, and hearing loss |