How important is pre-operative health check for your pet? The health check is divided into general physical examination and laboratory examination. General physical examination includes looking at the color of the mucous membranes, palpation, listening to the lungs, listening to the sound and rhythm of the heart, and feeling the pulse. Laboratory examination includes a complete blood count (measuring the level of red blood cells/white blood cells/platelets), blood test to check liver and kidney function, and blood electrolyte test (especially in emergency surgery, such as …
Hip Replacement Surgery for Dogs: Advances in Treating Dogs to Improve Their Quality of Life Hip degenerative joint disease is a common disease found in dogs of all breeds, genders, and ages. Symptoms of dogs with this disease include difficulty walking, walking with a swagger, and walking with a dragging leg. Some dogs walk in a bunny-hopping manner. Some with severe symptoms are not walking at all. When they do not walk for a long time, it develops into muscle atrophy, becoming disabled to the point where they cannot walk. The cause of this disease is genetics since birth. X-rays before surgery X-rays after surgery At what age should dogs be tested for hip degeneration? Hip degenerative joint disease…
Get to know...hip dysplasia in dogs with Dr. Aum (Dr. Manirat Worakulsanti), Department of Orthopedic and Joint Systems
Underwater treadmill physical therapy or hydrotherapy Walking on an underwater treadmill is a highly effective exercise. It is a treatment that helps improve the nervous system, muscles, and tendons of all four legs. After bone and joint surgery, dogs need to recuperate, causing them to not use their legs very well. Therefore, physical therapy is required to strengthen the muscles. Walking on an underwater treadmill reduces pain. The water supports walking, allowing the dog to put more weight on its legs. Cared for by: Dr. Thitikorn Eksiritrairat, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine https://youtu.be/Duo5UW3pKew
Nong Khao, a 6-year-old male cat, has swollen lymph nodes all over his body. He is being treated by Dr. Yo (Dr. Samart Enekthanakul) in the cancer department.
Physical therapy and underwater treadmill (Rehabilitation & Treadmill) Physical therapy in the form of an underwater treadmill or hydrotherapy to enhance good health, to rehabilitate pets from bone diseases, muscle tendons, joints and nervous system disorders, to build muscles, joints, tendons after surgery or exercise to lose weight or to build muscles for competitions. The Physical Therapy Center, Talingchan Animal Hospital is a holistic treatment for the body, mind and relationship between the owner and the pet, supervised and cared for by a specialist veterinarian, consisting of an underwater treadmill to rehabilitate muscles, relieve muscle and tendon pain, and help your dog walk and live a normal life again…
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