What is Hyperthryoidism?

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Bumpurr

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Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 10:20am PST


	I need to know, what it is, in a nutshell, and if you have some good links on it. Someone on the Blue Buffalo board said their cat was diagnosed with it, and their vet put the cat on Hill no iodine diet. What is iodine? They asked if BW has iodine in it. I don't think it does, unless its called by another name. BB's responce is going to be, they don't sell products for a specific condition. They gave the same responce to Bump, when he had issues with the food at one time. They said BW is not formulated for a heart kitty, and down right nasty about it. Its the ingredients you have to look at, and know, what ingredients you have to feed. BB is gonna blow off this person, and I would like to help them. Thanks!

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Linus- (Dreamboat- #72a)

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Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 10:53am PST


	Hi Bumpurr! Hyperthyroid is an overactive thryoid. The thyriod enlarges and produces too much thyroid hormone. The thyroid controls your metabolism rate, so cats with a hyperthyroid typically lose weight. Sometimes their coat condition becomes poor, they may eat voraciously and still lose weight. My angel M.J. had hyperthyroid. This is extremely common in older kitties. Previously the treatment options were methimazole medication (orally or in a gel applied to the ear), surgery to remove the diseased part of the thyroid, or radioactive iodine treatment to destroy the diseased part of the thryroid (usually requiring a referral to a university or specialist hospital). Hills recently came out with a new Prescription food to treat hyperthyroid - Hills Prescription Diet feline y/d for feline thyroid health. It's available in both dry and canned, and is considered a major breakthrough in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. Cat Fancy had a small article on y/d a couple months back. Here's a link of the Hills site: Hills Prescription Diet feline y/d Here's a nice article on feline hyperthyoidism from the WINN Foundation: Feline Hyperthyroidism Hope this helps!

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Shadow

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Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 11:58am PST


	No Bangs head on brick emotion here Here is some Ammo Bumpurr click here just scroll down a bit to find the article. Found another link, look at the comments from all the actual users of the food. click here Also lets take a look at the food, A Vet breaks it down here. clcik here Edited by author Sun Feb 12, '12 12:15pm PST

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Alex (sweet- angel girl)

Angel on a- mission!

Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 12:44pm PST


	Shadow and Bumpurr I could kiss you both!!!! I brought this subject up to a doctor friend of mine and she insisted because of the iodine factor that the food would work. Shadow, remember I mentioned the false claims of this food in one of my newsletters? now I have ammo for it! PAWSOME PAWSOME PAWSOME. I swear Hills is such a dangerous company! Shadow this information and the links are going to be in my next newsletter thanks to you and for Bumpurr bringing it up in this forum!

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Bumpurr

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Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 3:21pm PST


	THANK YOU Linus and Shadow!!! Alex, Bump would rather have money, mol, mol, mol. I gave her the links, told her that since it may, lead to heart/kidney issues, she wants to avoid, the grains and glutens, which Hills is full of. So, if I understand this right, the object of the game, is avoid iodine. Iodine comes from the fish. So would one, avoid any foods, with fish in them, and does this include fish meal, which BW does have. Or does it make a difference, what the fish meal is made of? BB does make one food, a new one, called Freedom, which has the exact same ingredients as BW, but without the fish meal. Upsets me, that the average joe smith, believes that the prescription diets, are the world end ansers. Hills and RC do this, by calling it a prescription diet, and it comes only from their vet. Scares me, that I used to believe this too, with the Urinary diets. Thank G, I said something ain't right with this picture, and did the research, when Prowler's crystals came back, while on the C/D diet. Alex, let me write the article, on the evils of feeding prescription diets, for urinary issues, Prowler almost died. I also thank G, one of my show friends was over, and saw it, and said, he is blocked, we have to get him to a vet, right now, late on a Sat night. Thank you very much, for helping me, help this lady.

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Alex (sweet- angel girl)

Angel on a- mission!

Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 4:23pm PST


	Hope you don't hold your breath for cash Bump! MOL To me though, seriously, I have seen so many other ways a cat can develop hyperthyroidism that can't even be avoided that giving fish occasionally isn't going to make a difference UNLESS the disease is already present, then that's different. But there's a TON of things that can cause it as well.

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Mocha

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Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 4:59pm PST


	The new Science Diet food is really untested and my vet is of the opinion that it's just a fad. His concern is that every time there's a new diet on the market everyone jumps on it and then there's a ton of vet visits and ill animals because the food ends up causing other health problems. When it comes to Hyperthyroidism, the best option for treatment is either medication, I-131 treatment, or surgery (risky, but can work in some situations). If the disease goes untreated, there are MANY complications that WILL arise... there's no getting around them short of actually treating the disorder/disease. That said, in the long run, I-131 treatment is really the cheapest option, and is safe. I know for us, we're getting Mocha the I-131 treatment as she can't take the medication (we almost lost her due to hemolytic changes). The food is expensive, the drugs are inexpensive-ish (depends on if you go for pills or transdermal application), but it's for the remainder of their life. With Mocha, we'll be paying about $900 for the treatment/visits and whatnot plus the cost of me to drive her to Oregon and get a hotel/food. With her only being 8 years old, there's a lot of life still in her. Again, I would avoid the food at all costs. There's so many ways that a cat can become hyperthyroid, and frankly, a vet who blames it solely on food is misinformed.

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Alex (sweet- angel girl)

Angel on a- mission!

Purred: Sun Feb 12, '12 5:30pm PST


	I'm really glad you said that Mocha because I was very, VERY concerned when I saw that product and what they were claiming. I even put that in my newsletter for my website. Really makes me mad that someone might stop the medication because they believe this nonsense. Glad your vet is smarter than that.

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Merlin - An Angel- Forever

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Purred: Mon Feb 13, '12 4:55pm PST


	The Hills Y/D diet works by depriving the thyroid gland of iodine. This diet is not suitable for non-hyperthyroid cats (like if you have a multicat household and only one has hyper-t) because it does not contain enough iodine for a healthy cat's body. So for a multicat household, you'd have to feed the hyper-t cat separately and not leave any Y/D food out. The ignredients are pretty icky, as is typical of Hills products Dr. Lisa Pierson of Catinfo.org has this to say about the Y/D diet and the vet who created it: Dr.[name] and I have been in frequent contact regarding this diet since he became aware of my deep interest in feline nutrition. He has written several posts about the diet on his Endocrinology blog regarding y/d. I am collaborating with him on another one that is soon to be published. Hill's is making blatantly false and misleading statements about y/d. Needless to say, I have zero respect for this company and you would never see their products in my home (as posted on a members-only section of FelineDiabetes.com)

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Bumpurr

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Purred: Tue Feb 14, '12 3:56am PST


	If I understand the link that Shadow gave me, in the What Is Iodine post, same section, the iodine, comes from the fish meal, and it depends, on how the fish meal is processed. Most companies, press the whole fish, and some fishes, sounds like the 4D fishes. If the company cuts out the liver first, and distill the fish, there is pretty much nil iodine. Also cod liver is safe, and Nordic Naturals is safe, which my vet has always highly recommended. So one has to find out, from their food company, how the fish meal is processed. I asked BB, should get a responce today. Upsets me, when Hills Science diet is recommended for a specific medical issue, because I know for a fact, firsthand, that they don't work. People just don't get, there is no medicine in the prescription diets, as it is implied, by calling it a prescription diet, and there is no magic formula. Its the ingredients, or the lack of ingredients, depending the medical issue, one has to look at. If one needs to avoid iodine, then one would just feed a food, that does not have fish, or fish meal in it.

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