There are some potential health problems, need to be taken care for owning Persian cats. Some of them include: Dental malocclusions, Cherry eye and entropion, polycystic kidney disease, seborrhea oleosa, breathing difficulty, excessive tearing, heat sensitivity, fungal infection &ndash dermatophytosis, lacrimal punctal aplasia, calcium oxalate urolithiasis, systemic lupus erythematosus, sebaceous gland tumours, alpha-mannosidosis, diaphragmatic hernia, congenital portosystemic shunt, cryptorchidism and corneal sequestrum. Hypertrophic cardio myopathy is disease found in Persian cat in which heart&rsquos left chamber gets thicken and can be reason of sudden death of cat. Regular checkups and treatment is required to not to see any of negative effect of this disease in cat. These all are some common health issues for Persian cats, but it can be possible that your cat many not prone to any of this disease.