Canine hipdysplasia

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>--Type Title Here--</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><B>home</B></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> Canine Hip Dysplasia - The Connection Between Hip Dysplasia In Dogs & Arthritis In Humans</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Canine hip dysplasia is a malformation of the hip joint in dogs. In the year 370 B.C, Hippocrates discovered the same condition in humans. In the past 60 years, a large amount of money, effort, and time have been spent studying and researching dog hip dysplasia. This calls for all of us who deeply love dogs, and care for them, to pause and think of a solution, or a way to control this condition.</div> <bR> <div> What we previously knew about hip dysplasia in the 30’s was limited to only what we could find in the medical press which simply stated: “It constituted faulty growth and development of all tissues in and around the hip joint, that it was not uncommon in a tribe of Canadian Indian children and Italian children and, if not corrected in its early stage, could lead to very painful, arthritic hips in human at middle age or beyond.”</div> <bR> <div> Additional Knowledge Of Canine Hip Dysplasia</div> <bR> <div> Knowledge, and experience in this area has greatly increased over time, and we have learned that there was an acute stage during the dog's period of rapid growth. During this stage, the dog, usually one of a large type would have trouble completing simple tasks such as getting up, particularly on slippery floors. </div> <bR> <div> Instead of easing itself to the ground, the dog would flop down, and in different ways would show pain in the hip joint areas. As our understanding of dog hip dysplasia increased, we learned that dogs recovered from the acute stage and by the time they had fully grown up, the pain in the hip joints lessened, and in many cases it completely disappeared.</div> <bR> <div> The Connection Between Canine Hip Dysplasia & Human Hip Problems</div> <bR> <div> The later stage of arthritis that occurs in humans may or may not be indicative during middle age or later in a person's life, lifestyle, activity, sensitivity, and the person's weight. We found out that a number of canines lived long lives with this condition, experiencing only minimal pain, and malfunction</div> <bR> <div> There are two important things that account for the difference between hip dysplasia in humans and in dogs. For one, man walks on his “hind legs” a lot more than dogs do. Second, this condition in dogs was being diagnosed on the basis of joint looseness in young dogs. </div> <bR> <div> As to the first factor, it is safe to say that dogs with pain or malfunction in both hind legs can shift a large part of their weight-bearing capabilities to their forelegs. The second factor, we can say that all large breeds of dogs except racing grey hounds have hip joint looseness present at some point during their life. </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> The same has been reported to be present in human children. It is very likely that hip joint looseness may be a forerunner to hip dysplasia but it very often does not lead to the arthritic changes later in life that complete the cycle and define the disease.</div> <bR> <div> Article written by Jim Washington of  <a href="http://www.ohmydogsupplies.com/">ohmydogsupplies.com</a>, check out our diverse collection of <a href="http://www.ohmydogsupplies.com/dog-supplies/dog-beds/">discount dog beds</a> online.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>