Symptoms of Feline Cancer
28 May 2007
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.
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