If your cat is overweight, the extra weight puts too much pressure on her joints, which can
cause damage to the cartilage and make arthritis symptoms worse.
These injuries can cause angular limb deformities in long bones, as well as
damage to the cartilage in the shoulder, stifle (knee joint), hock (the joint in the rear leg below the knee), and the elbow.
«The biggest market is going to be osteoarthritis patients, because most patients with osteoarthritis have no damage to the bone,
just damage to the cartilage.»
NuJoint DS also includes Vitamin C (Ester - C ®) which is required for the synthesis of collagen (a component of joint cartilage), and it can also reduce free
radical damage to cartilage.
If your pup is prone to joint problems, this is a food that will support her joints, as it contains glucosamine and chondroitin (600mg / kg each), which will help
prevent damage to cartilage.
Osteoarthritis can be managed and the goal of treatment is reducing pain and inflammation, minimizing the
continued damage to the cartilage, and preserving the remaining cartilage.
Typical acute injuries
include damage to cartilages in the knee (especially tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament), other ligament or joint injuries, broken bones, muscle pulls and the like.
CHD is a developmental disease of the bones in which the head of the thigh bone poorly fits the hip socket,
causing damage to the cartilage, gradual destruction of the joint, pain and swelling.
This means that you may not be aware of
any damage to the cartilage until it is too late.
The damage to the cartilage causes inflammation and pain in the joint.
Regrettably, the speed at which the joint is able to lay down new layers of cartilage is slower than the speed of
the damage to the cartilage.
In an arthritic joint, the cells that make up this cartilage become degraded, causing
damage to the cartilage and inflammation.
As an animal ages, or when there is
damage to cartilage, they often aren't able to synthesize enough of their own glucosamine, that is when a glucosamine supplement can help.
The body responds to the laxity and wear and tear in the hip joint by trying to repair
the damage to the cartilage and laying down more bone (osteophytes) on the edge of the joint to try to stabilize the joint.
Two new nutritional supplements, glucosamine and chondroitin, have been found to not only help control pain, but also improve joint mobility and improve
the damage to the cartilage that is part of the arthritic process.