Sentences with phrase «in affected limbs»

Many dogs are simply weak in the affected limbs.

The goal of treatment of elbow dysplasia is to relieve pain and maintain function in the affected limbs, allowing the dog to live an active, normal life.

The goal of treatment of elbow dysplasia is to relieve pain and maintain function in the affected limbs.

Pets with neurological disorders are at a higher risk for developing complications such as: muscle and ligament shortening in affected limbs, muscle atrophy (wasting), bed sores, urine / fecal scald, urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, and damage of limbs due to sensation loss.

Poorly controlled blood sugar could cause you to eventually lose all sense of feeling in the affected limbs.

The symptoms are lameness in the affected limb.

Lymphedema is a lymphatic obstruction which leads to localized fluid retention in the affected limb.

Limping indicates pain in the affected limb.

In breeds that are also prone to hip dysplasia and elbow dysplasia it is a good idea to consider the possibility of a second problem when lameness recurs in an affected limb.

Not exact matches

It has been useful in healing bruises (applied topically or taken internally) and varicose veins, and has reportedly played an instrumental part in re-establishing circulation to limbs affected by frostbite and diabetes.

Obviously there is inherent risk in undertaking any sport but please ask questions of yourself when thinking about taking part in your sport, like if you were to lose the use of a limb how would that affect your career prospects?

In time, the suits could offer mobility to those with disabilities affecting their lower limbs.

The Campàs lab is studying several of these questions, including how limbs are built and how mechanical changes in tumors affect the behavior of malignant cells and the growth of the tumor.

Worldwide, roughly 10,000 affected children nicknamed «thalidomide babies» were born with multiple defects, including the characteristic shortened upper limbs (a condition known as phocomelia, Greek for «seal limbs»), before the drug was discontinued in 1961 after four years on the market.

Earlier work has shown that grafted stem cells reprogrammed to become neurons can, in fact, form new, functional circuits across an injury site, with the treated animals experiencing some restored ability to move affected limbs.

In patients with diabetes, chronic wounds can lead to serious complications and, in some cases, may eventually mean that doctors have to amputate the affected limIn patients with diabetes, chronic wounds can lead to serious complications and, in some cases, may eventually mean that doctors have to amputate the affected limin some cases, may eventually mean that doctors have to amputate the affected limb.

In those patients, brain damage limits their arm and leg motor functions, which affects posture and free movement in the limbIn those patients, brain damage limits their arm and leg motor functions, which affects posture and free movement in the limbin the limbs.

For example, researchers would like to know how the drug affects dystrophin production in muscles throughout the limbs and whether some muscles may get a bigger boost than others.

In addition to improved motor control, sensory stimulation could alleviate phantom limb pain, which affects ~ 80 % of amputees (2).

In all patients, BoNTA was injected into spastic muscles of the affected upper limb (maximum total dose: 240 units).

Congenital contractures involving 1 or multiple joints (ie, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita or arthrogryposis) have been reported in fetuses and infants with presumed or laboratory - confirmed congenital ZIKV infection.20, 24,36,37,41 The clinical picture of congenital contractures varies among affected infants in regard to type (proximal or distal), laterality, upper or lower limb, and severity, likely reflecting variations in neurologic damage (Figure 4).

In the long term, the Salk researchers hope that these findings will help them understand whether we can affect the outcome of mammalian limb regeneration.

As the disease worsens it can lead to tissue damage, ulceration and gangrene, and in extreme cases may require the amputation of the affected limb.

And if we can affect these methylation marks in an amputated limb, what effect would that have?»

«If combined with slowness of movement and stiffness in the limb affected by the tremor, it could be consistent with Parkinson's disease,» he says.

For example, proprioception (the awareness of where our limbs are in space) affects many children with learning difficulties such as ADHD, dyspraxia and dyslexia.

In affected cats, signs are usually first evident by the time kittens are 1 - 5 months of age, and will progress over time to the point where there will be weakness (first of the hind limbs then front limbs as well), depression, seizures and eventually the kittens will die, typically at 8 - 10 months of age.

Diabetic neuropathy can result in weakness (particularly in the hind limbs) and it typically affects older dogs.

Affected dogs will have decreased reflexes in all limbs and a short - strided gait that becomes more pronounced with exercise.

You should also keep in mind that by restricting the blood flow you make it harder for the body to dilute the venom, and the affect on the bitten limb can therefore be more severe than without a tourniquet.

Because this ailment frequently strikes puppies in the middle of their growth, limitation of free exercise with plenty of rest is critical to preventing further injury to non affected limbs.

Eventually, complete fusion of the joints along the spine and elsewhere occurs, resulting in the cat being unable to move his or her neck or affected limbs.

«It affects a horse moving its head up and down, and also the locomotion in its front limbs.

A study at Edinburgh University in Scotland says the phenomenon known as «limber tail,» which causes a dog's tail to become limp and difficult to move, tends to affect larger working breeds, and is more common among dogs who live in the north.

Usually, an upper arm will be affected first, followed by a femur or ulna, and often the problem will appear in another bone in the original limb or its partner.

Shortly after settling in with his new family, Gray's posture became abnormal and his hind limbs splayed outward, severely affecting his ability to walk.

Almost always, the dog will yelp with pain if you pinch the affected bone in the limb it has been favoring.

The dog may tend to hold the affected limb in a direction slightly away from the body and may also be reluctant to fully extend the affected joint (s) during movement or upon examination.

While most owners are aware that pain in a limb will cause a cat to limp, it is not quite as well known that other types of movement may be affected by pain as well.

Rain scald is a bacterial infection of the skin that results in the formation of matted scabs usually affecting the back and rump but occasionally the lower limbs.

A disease affecting middle aged dogs, malignant histiocytosis produces multiple tumors in the skin on the limbs or trunk.

The symptoms can first occur in one hind limb and then affect the other.

A test is now available to identify carriers of the disease.Although it is commonly referred to as «dwarf» dogs in the USA, it involves much more than short stature - in addition to stunted growth, affected dogs often exhibit misshapen limbs, shortened and bent long bones, enlarged joints, extended hind limbs flattening of the rib cage.

Abnormalities affecting 2 or more limbs were found in 39 % of the dogs.

For example, dogs with a painful limb may limp in order to minimize the weight - bearing on the affected part, while dogs with abdominal or thoracic pain may be reluctant to lie down and may stand for hours until exhaustion.

In congenital and inherited cases, it is usually seen as a bilateral disease (affecting both hind legs), and can result in limping, «bunny hopping» or hind - limb collapsIn congenital and inherited cases, it is usually seen as a bilateral disease (affecting both hind legs), and can result in limping, «bunny hopping» or hind - limb collapsin limping, «bunny hopping» or hind - limb collapse.

Due to the way nerve tracts are arranged in the spinal cord, disc ruptures in the neck may affect the rear legs first and may not involve the front limbs.

Pelvic limb procedures clip / shave prep area The entire affected leg will have the hair shaved off in order to establish and maintain the cleanest surgical site possible.

Clinically affected dogs are often young (3 - 18 months of age) and present with poor weight gain, progressive peripheral neuropathy including ataxia, leg crossing, tremors and paresis which worsens with exercise.Behavioral changes, blindness, dementia, anorexia, cachexia, urinary incontinence and muscle weakness affecting all four limbs are usually present in terminal stages of the disease with death occurring 2 - 6 months after onset of clinical signs, necessitating euthanasia.

Osteosarcoma can occur in any bone but the limbs account for 75 % -85 % of all affected bones and is called «appendicular osteosarcoma».