What is an Endocrine Disease?

An endocrine disease is a fancy way of describing a disease that is caused by a hormonal imbalance. These diseases are relatively common and can greatly affect your pet’s quality of life. Some diseases can even be life threatening if they are not diagnosed and treated correctly.

Endocrine diseases can develop because a gland is not functioning properly or the control of the gland is faulty.

When too much hormone is produced, the disease is referred to as a hyper disease. Tumours and abnormal tissue growth commonly cause an overproduction of hormone.

A hypo disease occurs when too little hormone is produced. Endocrine glands that are destroyed, removed, or just stop working cause these diseases.

Howling at the Moon

Recently the STVC Team had a group training session with Anastasia from "Howling at the Moon" regarding grief and compassion fatigue, giving us some great hints on what signs to look out for and how to deal with stress, not just for ourselves but our fellow workmates, friends, families and our clients.

Anastasia has a long history of experience in a number of different places and when she lost her cat suddenly one day she discovered there is not a lot of help out there for pet owners who are trying to deal with the loss of their beloved furry friend. This led to her to starting Howling at the Moon offering pet loss counselling...friends and family are great in these situations but they don't always know what to say or understand what you are going through...

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