Sentences with phrase «because painful joints»

And if you have an older cat with arthritis, these are a great idea because painful joints can act up when the temperature drops.

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Whalers going to sea in April would start off with a deficiency, which would worsen because their diet contained only about 10 per cent of the required daily intake of vitamin C. Symptoms included painful joints, loose teeth, swollen, bleeding gums, and bleeding both under the skin and in the bowels.

She said: «The relative lack of understanding around how cartilage was directed presented an unfortunate knowledge gap because there are many painful, debilitating diseases that affect joints — like osteoarthritis — and because we also often injure our joints, which leads to them losing this protective cartilage cover.»

«The relative lack of understanding around how cartilage was directed presented an unfortunate knowledge gap because there are many painful, debilitating diseases that affect joints — like osteoarthritis — and because we also often injure our joints, which leads to them losing this protective cartilage cover,» co-author Paula Murphy, professor in zoology at Trinity College Dublin, said in the release.

It's not that exercise isn't valuable, but the new approach helps folks who can't exercise (perhaps because of painful joints or problems with obesity) jump - start their weight loss — at a guaranteed rate of 2 pounds a week — with diet alone.

This is because heat increases blood flow to the painful area, which relaxes tight muscles and joints, and ice constricts blood vessels which numbs pain.

Too little vitamin C can lead to signs and symptoms of deficiency, including: Anemia, Bleeding gums, Decreased ability to fight infection, Decreased wound - healing rate, Dry and splitting hair, Easy bruising, Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums), Nosebleeds, Possible weight gain because of slowed metabolism, Rough, dry, scaly skin, Swollen and painful joints, Weakened tooth enamel.

Because the joint does not move normally arthritis forms which is usually why these dogs become painful.

Because of their enhanced physical traits, Basset Hounds very commonly suffer from osteochondritis dissecans, a painful joint disease that affects shoulders, elbows, and knees, as well as other serious musculoskeletal dysfunctions.

Declawing is a euphemism for the devastatingly painful surgery of paw tip amputation (amputation of the first joints) and that often paw amputation results in lifelong behavioral problems such as biting, hiding and urinating and defecating out - of - box because use of the paws to cover litter becomes forever associated with excruciating pain.

Because too many calories and too much calcium cause the bones to grow improperly, these will have painful legs and joints, lameness, and malformed bones when older.

A cat that begins eliminating outside the litter box may do so because of a urinary tract problem, for example, or may be experiencing mobility problems caused by painful arthritic joints.

Hip dysplasia is painful in young dogs because abnormal wear of joint cartilage exposes pain fibers in underlying bone and laxity causes stretching of surrounding soft tissues.

Just because one of the joints no longer moves, doesn't mean it's not painful.