Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), also called feline urological syndrome (FUS), lower urinary tract signs or idiopathic cystitis, refers to a group of clinical signs which typically include hematuria, dysuria, pollakiuria and partial or complete urethral obstruction by uroliths (“stones”), calculi or crystals (more fully defined below).Feline lower urinary tract disease is not a “disease.” It is a characterization given to a collection of clinical signs in cats once all other known causes of
Feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD), also called feline urological syndrome (FUS), lower urinary tract signs (LUTS) or idiopathic cystitis, is not a “disease” per se but rather a collection of clinical signs which typically include blood in the urine, painful or difficult urination, abnormally frequent passage of small amounts of urine and partial or complete urethral obstruction by urinary “stones”, calculi or crystals.Since FLUTD is not actually a disease, it is technically inaccurate to