Joint diseases in cats: causes, symptoms and treatment
Many people know that with the advent of old age, people experience pain in the joints associated with their degenerative damage. Oddly enough, animals also have similar diseases; cats have them less often.
Recent surveys of veterinarians in Europe found that about 89% of cats in the 10 to 12 year age group suffered from degenerative joint disease. Moreover, the ailments differed in 59-87% of cats due to breed, age category, gender and weight.
The most common ailments in cats are arthritis, which affects the hip, knee, elbow and shoulder joints.
Causes of arthritis in cats
The main cause of arthritis in pets is aging, and sometimes the disease occurs due to inflammation and degenerative damage to cartilage and joints. They, in turn, appear due to infectious diseases. Biologists and veterinarians are confident that many varieties of this pathology in cats are of an autoimmune nature. Rheumatoid arthritis often develops for this reason.
Also, the cause may be injuries received mechanically, then purebred cats, due to genetics, have a risk of developing unpleasant pathologies. Maine Coons often suffer from hip dysplasia, and this is not always due to old age. Siamese and Persian cat breeds suffer from this disease, but less than others. Scottish breeds are susceptible to arthritis, because they initially have weakened cartilage by nature, and they do not tolerate mechanical injuries well.
Symptoms of arthritis in cats
Symptoms of arthritis and arthrosis in cats can be identified due to a reduction in physical activity:
- does not jump onto a chair, does not rise to heights;
- heavy walking and pain because of it;
- limping;
- long-term self-care, this can be seen by prolonged licking of joints.
Treatment with medications
Often, veterinarians prescribe radical treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, they not only relieve the disease, but also administer anesthesia, the animals practically do not feel pain. The downside is that you cannot practice them for a long time; they affect the kidneys and liver of the animal. Therefore, treatment is carefully selected with drugs that cause minimal damage but effectively relieve the disease. For cats, dogs and horses, Noltrex Vet is prescribed, which is used for:
- osteoarthrosis;
- chronic arthrosis;
- arthritis;
- polyarthrosis;
- osteochondrosis and bursitis of non-infectious origin;
- joint dysfunctions that cause lameness.
Advantages of the drug Noltrex Vet:
This drug is a water-containing biopolymer material with silver ions created for the treatment of osteoarthritis:
- protects cartilage from destruction;
- high viscosity of the material;
- relieves pain;
- high degree of biocompatibility;
- 100% synthetic drug with high molecular weight content;
- antibacterial protection of the implant.
