Last year we noticed our cat was losing weight. She seemed interested in food but when it was in front of her she’d barely touch it. When petting her we noticed how her bones protruded.
She had dropped from 11.55 lbs to 7.5 lbs, and was now only 65% of her old weight (about 75% of her ideal weight). The vet ran some bloodwork and palpated her and determined she had a nodule on her thyroid and gave a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. We put her on tapazole and watched her for a month. Her repeat blood work showed she had developed anemia, most likely an adverse reaction to the tapazole. We discontinued it immediately.
Next steps were to schedule her for radioactive iodine treatment.
She had dropped from 11.55 lbs to 7.5 lbs, and was now only 65% of her old weight (about 75% of her ideal weight). The vet ran some bloodwork and palpated her and determined she had a nodule on her thyroid and gave a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. We put her on tapazole and watched her for a month. Her repeat blood work showed she had developed anemia, most likely an adverse reaction to the tapazole. We discontinued it immediately.
Next steps were to schedule her for radioactive iodine treatment.
