毛孩子身體健康照護系列 - 甲狀腺功能減退症犬的臨床症狀

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甲狀腺功能減退症犬的臨床症狀 此文翻譯自CANINE EPILEPSY網站

行為問題
侵略/害怕/害羞/多動/注意力不集中/飛捕（在虛蒼蠅咬）/觀星（凝視空間）/消除不當（尿，糞）

神經肌肉問題
癲癇/精神獃滯/不耐運動/神經系統症狀/嗜睡/體重增加/不耐寒冷/情緒波動過度興奮/發育遲緩/慢性疾病

皮膚病
乾燥，鱗狀皮膚和頭皮屑/皮膚粗糙/雙邊對稱落毛/像老鼠的尾巴/色素沉澱/脂溢性皮膚炎或油性皮膚膿皮病或皮膚感染/粘液性水腫/慢性皮膚炎帶有氣味

在細胞代謝的變化
疲弱/全身僵硬/喉麻痺/面神經麻痺/憂鬱/腿沉重無力/肌肉萎縮/ 歪頭/眼瞼下垂

生殖障礙
不論男女/缺乏性慾/睾丸萎縮/不孕/幼仔無法存活

心臟異常
慢心臟率（心動過緩）/心律失常/

胃腸病
便秘/腹瀉/嘔吐

血液病
出血/骨髓衰竭/低紅細胞/白細胞低/低血小板

眼部疾病
角膜的脂質沉積/角膜潰瘍/葡萄膜炎 /乾燥性角結膜炎或乾眼症/​​眼瞼腺體感染（瞼板腺）

其他相關疾病
lgA缺乏/嗅覺（嗅覺障礙）損失的味道/糖尿/慢性活動性肝炎/其他內分泌疾病腎上腺，胰腺，甲狀旁腺/虧損


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Clinical Signs of Canine Hypothyroidism

Behavioral Problems
aggression / fearful / shyness / hyperactivity / lack of concentration / fly catching (biting at imaginary flies)  / star gazing (staring in space) / inappropriate elimination (urine, feces)

Neuromuscular Problems
seizures / mental dullness / exercise intolerance / neurologic signs polyneuropathy / lethargy / weight gain / cold intolerance / mood swings hyperexcitability / stunted growth / chronic infections

Dermatologic Diseases
dry, scaly skin and dandruff / coarse, dull coat / bilateral symmetrical hair loss / rat tail, puppy coat / hyperpigmentation / seborrhea or greasy skin pyoderma or skin infections / myxedema / chronic offensive skin odor

Alterations in Cellular Metabolism
weakness / stiffness / laryngeal paralysis / facial paralysis / tragic expression / knuckling or dragging feet / muscle wasting / megaesophagus / head tilt / drooping eyelids

Reproductive Disorders
infertility of either sex / lack of libido / testicular atrophy / hypospermia aspermia / prolonged interestrus interval / absence of heat cycles / silent heats / pseudopregnancy / weak, dying or stillborn pups

Cardiac Abnormalities
slow heart rate (bradycardia) / cardiac arrhythmias / cardiomyopathys

Gastrointestinal Disorders
constipation / diarrhea / vomiting

Hematological Disorders
bleeding / bone marrow failure / low red blood cells / low white blood cells / low platelets

Ocular Diseases
corneal lipid deposits / corneal ulceration / uveitis Keratococonjunctivitis / sicca or dry eye / infections of eyelid glands (Meibomian gland)

Other Associated Disorders
lgA deficiency / loss of smell (dysosmia) / loss of taste / glycosuria / chronic active hepatitis / other endocrinopathies adrenal, pancreatic, parathyroid