| Abstract | Jetra je, zbog svojih mnogobrojnih metaboličkih i imunoloških funkcija važan organ u
organizmu životinja i ljudi. Svaka bolest jetre odraziti će se na funkcioniranju čitavog
organizma. Iz tog razloga je rano prepoznavanje i početak terapije kod bolesti jetre izuzetno
bitno. U liječenju nam uvelike pomaže prilagođena prehrana.
Iako većina bolesti jetre ima iste i/ili slične simptome, patofiziologija koja stoji iza njih je
različita. Stoga je prije izbora pravilne prehrane nužno odrediti o kojoj se točno bolesti radi.
Najčešće kronične bolesti jetre sa kojima se susrećemo u praksi, i u čijem liječenju prehrana
ima značajnu ulogu, su slijedeće: portosistemski šant, bolest odlaganja bakra u jetri, zarazni
hepatitis pasa, te ciroza jetre. Kod izrade plana prehrane za bilo koju od tih bolesti, okosnica će
nam biti smanjivanje proteina. No, ovisno o dobi životinje, stupnju aktivnosti, stadiju bolesti,
te ako postoje, drugim komorbiditetima, količina proteina i njihovo podrijetlo mogu se
razlikovati. Također, razlikovat će se i lijekovi i nutraceutici koji će se koristiti u liječenju i
kontroli simptoma. |
| Abstract (english) | Due to many metabolic and immunologic functions, the liver is one of the most important
organs, both in animals and the human body. Every liver disease leads to the dysfunction of the
whole organism. Therefore, early recognition of the disease and the start of the therapy is
crucial. A customized diet is a very big part of the therapy when it comes to liver diseases.
Although most liver diseases have very similar or/ and same symptoms, the pathophysiology
that caused them is very different. Due to that fact, before starting any new diet, we must be
sure of what disease we are talking about.
The most common diseases we see in everyday practice, are the following: portosystemic shunt,
copper storage disease, hepatitis contagiosa canis, and cirrhosis hepatitis. In every diet plan,
we make for these diseases, the main goal will be protein reduction. However, some other
factors must be taken into consideration, like how old is the animal, its level of activity, and
possibly some other diseases that the patient deals with. Due to that, the exact amount of protein
and the sources of the protein will be different for every patient, as well as the medicines and
nutraceuticals.
For treating liver diseases, the owners must know their role in this whole process. Therefore,
we must explain to the owners what nutrition options they have. Whatever they choose
(commercial veterinary diet option or individually formulated homemade diet option), the most
important thing is that their pets' food is well balanced and gives their pets all the important
nutrition they need without burdening already dysfunctional liver. |
