Disease Information

Siamese cats have been reported with the following diseases involving the nervous system

Atlantoaxial Instability
Cerebellar Abiotrophy
Convergent Strabismus/Pendular Nystagmus
Discospondylitis
Feline Orofacial Pain Syndrome
Fibrocartilaginous Encephalopathy
Gangliosidosis Type I
Hypomyelination
Immune-Mediated Polyneuropathy
Intervertebral Disc Disease
Megaesophagus
Merosin-Deficient Myopathy
Mucopolysaccharidosis VI
Myasthenia Gravis
Narcolepsy
Neoplasia
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
Niemann-Pick/Sphingomyelinosis
Primary Hyperchylomicronemia
​Spondylosis Deformans

Note - diseases are listed in alphabetical order, not in order of prevalence or significance

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