Canine Diabetes Symptoms Are you worried that your dog might have Canine Diabetes? Feeling overwhelmed by the idea of taking care of him, knowing that he might have this incurable disease? It's understandable. Canine Diabetes has a scary prognosis if you're unaware of what it entails. The name alone "Diabetes" is a little ominous to the average dog owner. After all, you never went to veterinary school. You don't know how to treat dog health problems of this kind of magnitude. Well, here's the good news...the outlook isn't as gloomy as you might imagine. Take a deep breath and relax. This article will shed some light on Canine Diabetes Symptoms AND what you can expect if treatment is necessary. The information you're about to learn is invaluable so take your time and read through this short article knowing that it just may save your dog's life. Here we go... Before we get to the symptoms, it's important to know what canine diabetes is. The most common form is called diabetes mellitus. In short, canine diabetes is an incurable illness whereby your dog's endocrine system is malfunctioning and unable to produce insulin. Insulin allows your dog to turn sugar into energy to burn a feed muscle. Because he doesn't produce insulin, sugar isn't converted to energy and sugar buidup occurs. This causes high blood-sugar levels. The sugar eventually stores as fat and this leads to the first canine diabetes symptom...obesity. Here's a quick list of the symptoms for your reference:

obesity weight loss excessive drinking excessive urination vomiting weakness poor skin and coat dehydration

Kind of a scary list, I know.

Each symptom has its own reason for occurring, but they all revolve around the improper digestion and processing of glucose (sugar) in the body. For example, the excess urination is causes by excess blood sugar being flushed into urine, filling up the bladder faster.

This is one reason why urine tests are used so often to diagnose a canine diabetes condition.