Solution For Navicular Disease In Horses

By Olivia Cross


For the last few years, various interested veterinarians have created theories and treatment methods that involve our domesticated animals. Navicular disease in horses has been a major bother and has created a reasonable attention for a period. The veterinarians involved has resulted in giving this disease various sort of names, but the accepted vernacular name that is widely known is caudal heel pain. It is always a setback to see your close pet or domestic animal diagnosed with this type of disease.

While treating caudal heel pain the most practical solution has been through shoeing and trimming. The primary notion of these methods is to lower the tension that result when the animal is in movement that result to more pressure been inflicted on the heel. Another option that has been used over time to reduce this form of pressure is the use of wedge. All these available option should be selected wisely.

The next method, which might also be applied, is the use of non-steroidal medicines to reduce inflammation. Many veterinarians have recommended these drugs and correctly pointed out on phenylbutazone which an adequate remedy on mild as well as on the medium illness. However, this medication has been noted to have some side effects such as gastric ulcers, and for this reason firocoxib is the most recommended drug since it has no side effects.

If these primary treatments do not work, the next best alternative is the application of corticosteroid, which is an injection drug. It is injected directly into the affected area. The primary objective of this drug is mainly to relieve inflammation in the foot. The steroid that has been injected mainly takes 10 to 14 days to heal fully.

There are wide ranges of treatment methods, which are tailored towards healing of caudal heel pain. Hyaluronic acid is one of them and is used together with extracorporeal wave treatment. This Hyaluronic acid medication is administered through injection into the affected region it can also be rendered through IV method. The drug has a significant result in reducing inflammation in the part affected.

Tilden is a medication that is used to treat human's osteoporosis, which is now gaining popularity in domestic animals that are suspected to have navicular bone resorption. The doctor may administer intravenously or through perfusion of the foot region. Using shock wave therapy, clinicians primary objective is mainly to relieve pain, improve tendon and eventually heal the injury.

It is certain that doctors have available methods to be used at disposal to heal caudal heel pain. One the primary process that has been in use for a couple of years is through severing the nerve system involved in supplying sensation at the foot. This process is also called neurectomy. It is a have been proved to give good results in less than five year.

Finally, we can openly conclude that these diseases are nowhere close to being terminal. Their main causes are closely connected to trauma and reduction blood shortage in the foot zone. Threatens should be always be done at clinical and radiographic symptom level.




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