Veterinarian Carlos explains that hip dysplasia in dogs cannot be cured, only managed. Pain responds to medication and massage, but the bone deformity itself requires surgery. Osteoarthritis from dysplasia is permanent.
Dysplasia is a chronic disease, and I'm tired of reading people who happily say that it can be cured with pills or a massage. Is hip dysplasia curable or not?
Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Last week we published a Q and A video on the channel. One of the questions was whether it was possible to cure hip dysplasia. Since it's such an interesting topic, we decided to make a dedicated video to clear up all your doubts. Every day as a veterinarian, I have to deal with the preconceived ideas that people have about pet diseases. The most dangerous of all tend to come from the Internet, where anyone, regardless of their training, can tell you what you should or shouldn't do with your dog. If it's sick, get rid of it. This makes an idea with no scientific basis whatsoever become the truth only depending on how many followers that person has. The reason I decided to open this channel was to be able to share my opinion on the diseases or care that pets require, and to be able to put my training and clinical experience at the service of all those people who might need it. When it finally seemed that we had separated medicine from witchcraft, shamans, and all these types of things from myths, most people would rather believe what they read on the Internet than believe the doctor for their animals, which is the veterinarian. All this came about because the other day at the consultation, a client came to me with his dog who has hip dysplasia. And he told me that he wanted me to cure her because he had read on the Internet that there were a series of pills that could be given to his dog so that she would not suffer from the disease anymore. And he demanded that I use the remedies that he had seen around to cure his dog. It's like I didn't know about the disease Internet again. And this wasn't the first time. Many pets delay visiting the vet because their family is giving them a remedy that their neighbor, brother in law, or cousin from down the street told them about. And in the end, this makes their condition worse because they aren't getting the proper treatment they need. Well, I'm getting carried away and I'm getting getting off topic. Today I'm here to talk about hip dysplasia. It's either curable or it's not. For those of you who don't know, hip dysplasia is a malformation of the hip that ends up causing the femur to not articulate properly with the hip as a result of the bones eventually moving over each other. Degeneration occurs due to the friction of the joint, which is called osteoarthritis. It's a disease that usually occurs in large and giant breed animals such as Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers. It can also occur in bulldogs, dogs, Rottweilers, German shepherds, Bordeaux puppies and that type of dog. Since the joint doesn't work properly, what you end up seeing is limping in your dog. You can start to notice it when the dog is still a puppy around five or six months old. Sometimes it even disappears until the animal reaches its most mature stage, when the limping reappears with force due to the osteoarthritis that has occurred. And osteoarthritis is something that hurts a lot. Since it affects the bone, it is diagnosed by X ray, and only your veterinarian can tell you if your dog has it or not. He will be the one to tell you what type of treatment you can offer, depending on the severity of the condition. And that's it for this medical lesson, since it's a bit long and so as not to bore you. If you want more information and data, I'll leave a link to the blog in the description box. But let's see what I mean by this. Dysplasia is a chronic disease, and I'm tired of reading people out there who happily say that it can be cured with pills or a massage. But let's analyze this. Do you think that a pill or a massage can make a deformed bone heal? A pill can ease the pain. Veterinarians use anti inflammatories, painkillers or nutritional supplements to treat hip dysplasia, but these only help alleviate the pain your dog feels. Of course, a pill will never help your dog's hip bone articulate better. On the other hand, massages can help relieve some muscle tension, mobilize the joints and warm them up. This may help your dog's movements hurt less. But be careful. Massages must also be given properly, because if they are not given properly, they can even be harmful to your pet. And just like with pills, no matter how much you massage, you will not be able to change the shape of the hip bone. But you see, reducing pain is good. Both alternatives can be beneficial and can help your dog feel less pain. But these are palliative treatments. Easing the pain of an illness does not mean curing it. So let's see if we can clarify. Can Hip dysplasia be cured or not? The truth is that hip dysplasia can be cured. What cannot be cured is the osteoarthritis that occurs after hip hip dysplasia appears, and certainly not with pills or massages. Since the femur is outside the hip, the only way to cure dysplasia is to put the femur back inside the hip. And in this case, the only thing that can be done is to reassemble the entire bone so that the femur articulates with the hip again. As you can imagine, this is done with a surgical operation. Since surgery can only be performed when the puppy is very young. If your vet thinks it is too late to perform it, or you did not realize that your dog had dysplasia when he was little, the only thing we can do is prevent osteoarthritis from complicating his life with pain. To do this, we are going to recommend that your dog not carry too much weight, not do intense exercise, and not take any hits, preserving the health of the joint as much as possible. I'm sorry this isn't the miracle advice you were expecting to hear, but this is medicine, and these are the answers we have today for hip dysplasia. Please try to contrast any information you receive about the treatment of your pet's illnesses with your veterinarian, as we are happy to resolve any questions you have regarding the health of your pets. Like this. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with your family and friends. I hope I've helped you demystify everything related to hip dysplasia, its treatment and why it occurs, and that it's finally clear to you. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. And remember that we've opened a group on Facebook so we can stay better connected with you and answer any questions you may have. Come on, join us. Thanks for following the Happy Pets and Families Channel and I'll see you in the next video. What do I say? How do I start? Wow, what a cloud of mosquitoes. They must have lymphoma already.
And they could give it to me too.
Sure. Today I came to talk about my book. That was a joke. Because you have an immune system. Well, because you eat and all that. But there are people who are not as lucky as you like. No one remembers them. That's why people don't pay attention to lymphoniosis. How would Gloria Serra, who is our reference, do it? Is hip dysplasia curable? It's an incurable disease. A pill can alleviate a. Sorry. No, no. A pill can alleviate the pain. Alleviate the pain. A pill can alleviate the pain.
Alleviate. Alleviate. Alleviate. With that, we can achieve movement. Well, we will achieve it. We can achieve it. Maybe you won't achieve it. Maybe we can achieve it. Maybe we can. You're not going to be able to change the shape of your hip bone. You're not going to be able to change it. You're not going to be able to change it. Okay. You're not going to change it.
You're not going to be able to change it. I won't take a picture of it because otherwise it won't come out. As skinny as it is. A lot of times when people say it's so skinny, it's because it makes you jealous, right?
No, I didn't record it. In it, you can communicate with each other and we can resolve it. In it, we'll be. I'm getting nervous. Well, I'm not saying that anymore, am I? I already said it in the previous video. It was really hard for me to say it. I'll say it again. Ye.
