Symptoms - General Information
From Symptom to Diagnosis
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What are Symptoms and What Do They Mean?
- Symptoms are signs of diseases or functional disorders in the body. In animals, some can already be perceived through careful observation of the animal.
- Further symptoms are identified through a professional examination and supplemented by findings from additional examinations such as laboratory diagnostics, imaging procedures, and other special tests.
- Since each disease is associated with specific symptoms and findings, their analysis leads to the diagnosis of a disease or a specific functional disorder.
- For diseases in dogs and cats, we provide you with the associated symptoms that you, as a pet owner, can see, feel, smell, or hear. Our symptom list is supplemented by some symptoms that only a veterinarian can detect, but which you may already be aware of from a previous vet visit with your pet.
- We show you general symptoms that can occur with many diseases, special symptoms that are observed with significantly fewer diseases, and symptoms that are very typical for a disease.
- Some symptoms can indicate a very critical situation, and professional advice should be sought as quickly as possible. We will point this out to you.
- For dogs or cats, select a symptom from Symptoms A to Z that you would like to learn more about, or
- Would you like to find out the possible causes based on the various symptoms you have observed? Then access the Symptom Checker.
How Would You like to Proceed?
Symptoms in Dogs
Symptoms in Cats
Symptom Checker
Learn to Understand the Symptoms in your Dog/Cat
Through your understanding, you can help to:
- improve health
- shorten the duration of illness
- improve your pet’s quality of life
- extend your pet’s life
Select the animal type and find the desired symptom by its initial letter or use the search field. Not all symptoms are the same in dogs and cats.
After clicking on A, all symptoms starting with A will be displayed.
Select the appropriate symptom from the list and click on it. A short text will appear with general information, possible causes, and how you should proceed.
Under possible causes, the relevant diseases are listed. If you click on a disease, the following information about that disease will appear:
- Definition of
- Causes
- Symptoms
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Prognosis and Aftercare
- Summary
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Literature
If you want to find the possible causes for your pet’s ailments based on several symptoms you have observed, then access the Symptom Checker.