The
Siamese
The following diseases are reported to occur more frequently in the Siamese than in the general
cat population. In some cases the disease either has, or is believed to have, a genetic, hereditary cause but many of the diseases listed here do not have a proven genetic basis.
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disorder has probably not been reported to occur more frequently in this breed
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Alimentary tract diseases
This section includes diseases that involve the mouth, oesophagus (gullet), stomach, small intestine (duodenum and ileum), large intestine (colon and rectum), liver and pancreas.
Diseases involving the mouth
Diseases affecting the gullet (oesophagus)
Diseases involving the stomach
- Gastric retention (pyloric)
Diseases involving the pancreas
Diseases affecting the small intestine
Diseases affecting the large intestine
Blood diseases
Cancer
- Adenocarcinoma (small intestine)
- Basal cell tumour
- Insulinoma
- Intestinal
adenocarcinoma
Lipoma
Mammary tumours
Mast cell tumours
Nasal cavity
tumours
Parathyroid
tumours
Sweat gland tumour
Cardiovascular diseases
Heart valve disorders
Abnormal development of major blood vessels to the heart
Heart muscle disease
Taurine deficiency
Other
- Endocardial fibroelastosis
- Persistent atrial standstill
Eye diseases
Diseases of the cornea
Diseases of the eyeball
- Convergent strabismus and nystagmus
(congenital)
- Glaucoma
- Microphakia
Diseases of the eyelids
Diseases of the third eyelid (nictitating membrane)
Diseases of the lens
Diseases of the retina
- Lysosomal storage diseasess, including :
- Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (autosomal
recessive)
- Retinal degeneration
Hormonal diseases
- Hyperparathyroidism
(primary)
- Insulinoma and
hyperinsulinaemia
Immune system diseases
Liver diseases
Nervous system diseases
- Deafness
(congenital)
- Hydrocephalus
- Hypereaesthesia
syndrome
- Lysosomal
storage diseases
-
- ceroid
lipofuscinosis
- GM1
gangliosidosis
(autosomal recessive)
- Mucopolysaccharidosis
VI (autosomal recessive)
- sphyngomyelinosis
(autosomal recessive)
- Myasthenia gravis (congenital)
- Vestibular disease
Orthopaedic diseases
- Hip
dysplasia
- Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (autosomal
recessive)
- Myasthenia gravis (congenital)
- Nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism
Respiratory diseases
Skin diseases
- Aguirre syndrome
- Blastomycosis
- Cryptococcosis
- Demodicosis (generalised)
- Epidermolysis
bullosa
- Eyelid coloboma
- Feline acromelanism
- Food
hypersensitivity
- Histoplasmosis
- Hypotrichosis
(congenital) (autosomal
recessive)
- Junctional
epidermolysis bullosa
- Periocular
leukotrichia
- Pinnal alopecia
- Psychogenic alopecia
- Sporotrichosis
- Skin tumours
- Systemic
lupus erythematosus
- Tail sucking
- Tuberculosis (cutaneous)
- Vitiligo
Other
- Blastomycosis
- Cryptococcus
- Histoplasmosis
- Mycobacterium avium
- Reactions to
griseofulvin
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