I. Symptoms of canine rheumatoid arthritis
Canine rheumatoid arthritis The early symptoms of arthritis are walking lameness and swelling of soft tissue around the joints, as well as listlessness, fever and loss of appetite. In the middle stage of rheumatoid arthritis, the cartilage of the joint will be further eroded, resulting in joint osteoporosis and obvious swelling under the cartilage. In advanced rheumatoid arthritis, the joint cavity is narrowed, the margins eroded, and there is incomplete or complete dislocation.
2. Diagnosis of canine rheumatoid arthritis
All non-infectious Sexual, aggressive polyarthritis in dogs should all be suspected of RA. Sick joint synovial fluid is thin and cloudy, the number of cells will increase, the proportion of neutrophils is high, and the coagulation effect of mucus is not good.
Antibody titer of 1:16 or higher in the RA factor test can be considered positive. About 20% to 70% of the dogs were tested for rheumatoid arthritis. There are weak false positives in other systemic inflammatory diseases. Synovial hyperplasia, hypertrophy, biopsy with severe lymphocyte, plasma cell, and macrophage infiltration. Negative synovial fluid and synovial membrane cultures; RA can be diagnosed by typical clinical symptoms, X-ray findings, negative RA culture, positive RA test, and typical RA biopsy.
Third, the method of treating canine rheumatoid arthritis
The goal of its treatment It relieves pain, controls inflammation, prevents joint damage, and improves joint function. In the clinical treatment of arthritis, aspirin is a commonly used drug with anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects, 25 mg per dog per kilogram of body weight, three times a day, for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks of maintenance therapy, the dose can be halved. If aspirin does not work, use immunosuppressants such as cyclophosphamide, corticosteroid azathioprine, etc. If you start taking it, take it at 2-4 mg/day per kilogram of body weight. If the symptoms are relieved, the dose you take is To be halved, it can be used for a long time.
Other treatments include weight loss, rest, reduced activity, synoviotomy, and joint immobilization.
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