Navicular Disease Treatments And Symptoms

By Shirley Brown


Many people who own a horse has been suffering and encountering a very severe and known sickness that this creature could be feeling. They have had a hard time knowing what could have caused it and how can they cure such disease. But as years passed by many have already known and discovered the Navicular Disease Treatments and its symptoms.

A navicular bone is located somewhere near the hoof of the horse. This is mostly covered with other tissues and other muscle located in that area. It is said to have a very complex structure, but it has many functions that have been a great help to it.

One of the functions of that bone is to provide something that can help the flexor tendon to glide so that it can switch to another angle. It is mainly for the other bone located in the area to move as well. So that the hoof of that horse will as well move to the direction that it wanted.

Navicular syndromes are acquired when a horse works harder and making heavy duties, while taking less resting time. The owners are suggested and advise to avoid having so much work, the lighter the job they give them, the less chance they have of such a disease. That pain that the animal is feeling will bring so much hurt and may not work the way it had before hey aqcuired the disease.

Pathology has conducted research to find out symptoms that could lead to harder and larger complications. They have made an examination on what other things these horses can suffer before endures from such pain. Using all the necessary tools that they can be needed to help them in their research.

When you have noticed an unusual enlargement of their vascular channels, then they are already suffering from such a disease. When there are also changes in the ligaments, it is also another hint. Different cysts will also develop on that part. Fractures also will start to develop that would be causing the problem to take place.

If you happen to notice any of these symptoms never ever hesitate to bring them to veterinarians, they will be the best person that you can lean on when it comes to this problem. They will test the horse and examine the causes and of how they can cure it. He will be giving you options that might help the disease to have a cure.

Shoeing treatment is what can be first offered to you. A small pad will be placed on the hoof, this will help in raising the angle of the hoof that will lead to decreasing the tension that is happening inside. This will make the colliding lesser and avoiding inflammation in it.

If ever it is getting worse the vet could advice surgical treatment. This may cause a lot but it was proven to have worked and lessen the problem. Others who have their horses tried the surgery said that it help in sounding them for one year. This is not recommended to be done twice, because the cure is not permanent. And if done twice, it could bring more complications.




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