Can pet cats also herniate discs?

Active pets are naturally pleasing, and people like to see their energetic appearance, but often ignore the “sports injuries”, maybe a simple jumping action or standing position for you, but long-term, poor posture leads to abnormal bone development, resulting in part of the disc protrusion, compression of the nerve, the dog will produce pain. Light touch will wail, fear, serious cases will cause paralysis, if not through surgery, it is usually difficult to heal on their own, and cats are also very easy because of intense play collision, so that the neck or foot joint sprain, these are located in the backbone, involving many nerves, found that the pet behavior is different should immediately seek medical attention, do not delay. If your pet is in pain and has difficulty walking, and if it affects normal life patterns (eating, urinating and defecating), you can ask your physician to give him or her medication to relieve the pain, in addition to giving him or her a full resting cycle. If the pet’s pain still cannot be relieved, and if it has already affected the lifestyle and behavior pattern, surgery can be performed in consultation with the physician. Analysis of the causes of spondylitis and myelitis 1. Symptoms: stiff neck, stiff back, stiff body temperature, unexplained weight loss, and muscle tenderness 2. Myelitis is simply an inflammation of the spinal cord.3. Etiology: Most cases are caused by bacteria. Staphylococcus is the most common source of microbial infection. Brucella. Streptococcus spp, Pseudomonas spp, E. coli. Pasteurella spp. and other bacteria. Infections by fungi are less common. Aspergillus spp., Coccidioides spp. The entry of Plantago mansoni makes secondary infection of Actinomyces, which can cause osteomyelitis of the spine, especially of the lumbar spine.4. Description of symptoms: Painful hypersensitivity of the lesion is the most common symptom. Stilt gait, arching of the back or stiffness of the neck may occur. Systemic lesions can occur, including fever, depression and wasting. Neurologic symptoms vary between ataxia and caudal paresthesia. Lesions may occur in multiple locations.5. Disease treatment: Antibiotics are selected based on the results of culture and drug sensitivity testing. If no bacteria can be isolated and staphylococcus is assumed to be the cause, 20mg/kg of cephalosporin can be given orally 3 times a day; or cloxacillin 10mg/kg, orally. 4 times daily. If no response within 5 days. Re-evaluate therapy, or consider surgery. Continue antibiotic administration for at least 6 weeks. For spinal discitis due to brucellosis, consider the following measures: enrofloxacin 5-15 mg/kg orally twice daily; minocycline (dimethylaminotetracycline) 12 mg/kg orally twice daily, and gentamicin 2.2 mg/kg intramuscularly three times daily. Sedation until the symptoms are eliminated. Second, the spinal deformity 1, the definition of congenital deformity of more than one spine. Types of spinal deformity 1. hemivertebral deformity: wedge-shaped vertebral base toward the back, abdomen or in the middle. 2. obstructive vertebrae: partial or complete dissolution of adjacent vertebrae. 3. butterfly plate vertebrae: splitting in the sagittal plane of the vertebrae. 4. metamorphic vertebrae: occurring at the major split junction of the spine, with 2 types of vertebral features. For example, metamorphic spine of lumbar recommendation has spinal features of lumbar and recommendation bones.2. Etiology: usually unknown, in some cases it is genetic.3. Description of symptoms: most spinal deformities are not associated with clinical symptoms, but are found incidentally on X-ray. Hemivertebral deformity is the most common deformity causing clinical symptoms. Neurohistological lesions are associated with foci of myelopathy. Onset is usually in immature animals, but not always. Symptoms can develop as the animal grows. Third, the diagnosis of spinal disorders 1. physical examination includes age, sex, species and type of daily activity. When used in conjunction with history taking, physical examination, and neurological examination, the description of signs can provide important information in defining the type of spinal disease and determining what diagnostic plan to develop.2 The history details the owner’s description of the development of clinical signs, and these records can influence the content of the differential diagnosis as well as the diagnostic plan. Rapid onset and rapid development of neurologic symptoms are often associated with trauma, infectious disease, or acute inflammatory injury. In these cases, clinical signs generally culminate within 2 to 48 hours, and recovery is slower relative to the onset of disease. The more slowly developing neurological symptoms are often associated with degenerative disease or tumors. The development of clinical symptoms often lasts for weeks or months, and although there are brief intervals of recurrence, the overall prodromal symptoms will worsen over time. Non-developing neurological symptoms suggest a possible congenital disorder. This correlation is only instructive and not absolute; for example, spinal cord tumors can also cause acute episodes of clinical signs. In addition, the diagnostic results of previous similar symptoms in diseased animals and the time interval between the current onset and the last onset are also of partial relevance.3. Physical examination The primary purpose of physical examination of a sick cat suspected of having spinal disease is to exclude diseases that are easily confused with spinal disease. Pain, recumbency (light paralysis or paresis), weakness and gait abnormalities are common signs in spinal, musculoskeletal, peripheral neuromuscular or metabolic diseases. Some metabolic, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal disorders have similar clinical manifestations to neurological disorders. Attributing pain from a lumbar disorder to osteoarthritis of the hip is a common example of misdiagnosing a spinal problem as a musculoskeletal problem, which can have serious adverse consequences for the cat if the lumbar disorder is not diagnosed. An example of misdiagnosis of musculoskeletal problems as neurological disorders is the misdiagnosis of bilateral ACL rupture as neurological disorders. Note that for pets with herniated disc problems, warming of the entire body or entire back can usually be done to make the pet more comfortable, especially in the winter or during seasonal changes when a herniated disc can cause more significant discomfort.