Rheumatism is a disease that invades joints, muscles, and bones. It is often found in middle-aged and elderly people. Its incidence is slow and the treatment cycle is long, which is a relatively difficult disease to cure. But do you know that dogs also suffer from rheumatism, which is scientifically called canine rheumatism. So what is the reason for dogs to suffer from rheumatism? How to prevent rheumatism in dogs?
1. Causes of rheumatism in dogs:
The reasons why dogs suffer from rheumatism are not clear at present, and they are only considered to be a disease caused by problems with autoimmunity.
Wind-cold, dampness, coldness, rain, overwork, as well as pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, etc. are all factors that can cause rheumatism to occur in dogs.
2. Types of rheumatism in dogs:
The occurrence points of muscle rheumatism are: shoulders, neck, back, waist and thrush. When the disease occurs, the dog will experience swelling and pain in the muscles. When touching, it will find that the muscles become significantly stiff, which will cause motor dysfunction, causing the dog to be inflexible, often lying on the ground, occasionally with body temperature rising and difficulty breathing.
The incidence points are mostly active joints such as shoulder joints, elbow joints, hip joints, knee joints, etc. When the disease occurs, it is manifested as periarthritis edema, joint shape is swollen and fever, and the dog will feel obvious pain, which will make it difficult to lie up, and will walk.