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posted by Tess on Jun 10

Cancer is an abnormal growth of malignant cells and can virtually affect any part of the body. The abnormal growth can take various forms like tumors. Tumors are solid masses of cancerous cells that can spread to other parts of the body. Metastasis (spreading) is one of the main reasons that results in disorders in other organs.

Symptoms of cancer in cats vary according to the type of cancer that the animal is suffering from. However, each type of feline cancer has a certain set of symptoms that are easy to observe. These are:

* Oral Cancer - Bleeding from the mouth, drooling and difficulty in eating or swallowing.
* Lung cancer - Difficulty in breathing, rapid breathing and panting.
* Cancer in the digestive tract - Projectile vomiting, diarrhea, cessation of eating and mucous or blood in feces.
* Bone cancer of the limbs - Limp in gait or stiffness of legs.
* Skin cancer - Wounds that appear minor but do not heal over time. A protracted nasal discharge is indicative of cancer in the nasal passage. Some skin cancer do not manifest as lumps but as bleeding or scabs.

Since there are a number of cancers that can afflict your pet it is essential that you should be aware of the various symptoms of the specific ailments so that you can detect the ailment in time. A keen observation of general symptoms of cancer in dogs and cats can go a long way in early detection and therefore better results in treatment. Some of these symptoms can be noticed during routine pet care. Any lump in any part of the body that seems to be growing fast and is warm to touch is indicative. Any such condition should be investigated immediately.

If you see that your cat’s abdomen is distended, is urinating with difficulty, bleeding without any obvious reason or is giving out offensive body odor you can suspect them to be signs of a malignant growth developing somewhere in the body. Bleeding from mouth or ears is another signal of a tumor inside the body.

Pale gums, general weakness, reduced appetite and yellow discoloration of the skin are some of the symptoms of liver cancer in dogs and cats.

Malignant tumors are life-threatening and the prognosis is grave. Cancer is a progressive disease and metastasis is a common feature. Most of the times, detection is late and that leaves very little scope for complete eliminating of the disease. Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are effective but only to an extent.

References:

http://www.fabcats.org/cancer1.html

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