Sentences with phrase «severe luxating»

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All were malnourished, suffering from severe dental disease and luxating patellas.

Story: Lilly was an owner surrender to the shelter and was found to have severe dental disease needing blood work and dental surgery, suspected collapsed trachea due to frequent coughing, bilateral luxating patellas, and a heart condition indicated on previous vet records.

In order for the hip to luxate (dislocate), trauma must be severe enough to break the capital ligament and tear the joint capsule.

The most common is heart disease, but they also have trick knees (luxating patellas), hip dysplasia, a disease that causes paralysis of the spine, another disease similar to epilepsy called Episodic Falling, ear problems and deafness, many types of eye problems, and about half of them have a severe blood disease.

There is progression of arthritis in some dogs and we have seen four or five patients who became quite crippled over time due to severe complications of luxating patellas.

Let's not even count the other more severe injuries such as cruciate (ACL) rupture, luxating patella and lameness.

In severe cases, the patella stays luxated and rides along the medial surface of the femur.

As with most severe conditions, with more acute cases of luxating patella, surgery is the preferred method of treatment.