Like obese people, these obese birds are prone to developing significant, often life - threatening health problems, such as atherosclerosis (the deposition of cholesterol within major blood vessels exiting the heart that can obstruct blood flow, predisposing to heart attacks, and break off,
blocking oxygen delivery to tissues and leading to strokes).
While it is being applied, and for many hours or days later, cold laser treatment increases
oxygen and nutrient
delivery to help heal damaged tissues quickly and to help
block pain signals.