Is the cat s body temperature too high? What to do?

Generally speaking, cats have a fluctuation range, and it is normal for the increase in body temperature to reach a certain range. However, if it exceeds a certain limit or lasts too long, it will be taken seriously. There are many reasons for cats to have high fever, and the owner and doctor need to carefully identify it.

1. True fever

True fever refers to the fever generated by endogenous heat-induced sources. The endogenous fever is mainly some cytokines, such as interleukin, tumor necrosis factor, interferon, etc. They are produced by a variety of immune-active cells under the stimulation of immune responses to different antigens or pathogenic factors. Cytokines have various effects such as immune regulation, stimulation of hematopoiesis, antiviral, and antitumor. However, the above cytokines also have strong inflammatory activity and can act on the body's temperature regulation center, causing fever.

2. Insufficient heat dispersion

Insufficient heat dispersion refers to heat shock, which is a stress response, which refers to the defensive adaptation reaction characterized by changes in gene expression in the biological body under heat stress (or other stress) states, which is called heat shock response. A group of proteins that are newly synthesized or synthesized during heat stress (or other stress) are called heat shock proteins. The heat shock response also has the basic characteristics of stress response, namely nonspecificity and defensive adaptability.

3. Operating body temperature rise

Exercise will also increase the cat's body temperature. Generally, after returning outdoors or after the cat plays and runs, the owner trains the cat, which will also temporarily increase the cat's body temperature. In other aspects, pathological exercise caused by cats and epilepsy can also increase body temperature.

4. Pathological or drug-derived

, such as damage to the anterior or surrounding hypothalamus, or some highly metabolic diseases. At the same time, some exogenous heat sources such as bacterial infections, inflammatory stimuli can also increase the cat's body temperature.