Rheumatism is a disease that invades joints, muscles, and bones. It mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. It has a slow onset and long treatment period, making it a relatively difficult disease to cure. But do you know that dogs can also get rheumatism? The scientific name is canine rheumatism. So what is the reason why dogs get rheumatism? How to prevent rheumatism in dogs? Let’s take a look with the editor below .

1. Causes of rheumatism in dogs:

1. The reason why dogs suffer from rheumatism is currently unclear. It is only believed to be caused by autoimmunity. Diseases arising from problems.

2. Wind and cold, dampness, coldness, rain, overwork, pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, etc. are all factors that can cause rheumatism in dogs.

2. Types of dog rheumatism:

1. Dog muscle rheumatism:

The onset points of muscle rheumatism are: shoulders, neck, The muscles of the back, waist and thighs. When the disease occurs, the dog will have muscle swelling and pain. When touched, the muscles will become obviously stiff, which will then cause motor dysfunction, causing the dog to be inflexible and often prone to lying on the ground. Occasionally, the body temperature will rise and the breathing will be difficult. Difficult situation.

2. Canine joint rheumatism:

The onset points are mostly movable joints such as shoulder joints, elbow joints, hip joints, knee joints, etc. The disease manifests as: surrounding tissue Edema, joint swelling and fever, the dog will have obvious pain, become difficult to get up and lie down, and appear to be pacing.

3. Methods to prevent rheumatism in dogs:

First of all, it is necessary to reduce labor pain and inflammation. You can go to the hospital for subcutaneous injection at points, using 0.5% procaine hydrochloride solution 10 ml, add 500,000 units of penicillin, once a day for 2 days.

The next step is to dispel wind and dehumidify. You also need to go to the hospital. Use 20 ml of compound sodium salicylate injection, add 1 ml of dexamethasone, and inject it intravenously into the forelimb once a day for 3 days.

Finally, it is necessary to strengthen the care of the dog, ensure that the kennel is dry, the mat needs to be changed frequently, and when feeding, pay attention to adding easily digestible food containing protein and vitamins.