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 the primary treatment does not work, the next best option that a veterinarian might suggest is the use of corticosteroid injections, which are done directly on the affected parts. The aim is to reduce the inflammation in the foot and offer some level of soundness for a reasonable period. The injected steroid takes 10 to 14 days to give substantial result

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.

Human medication such as the one used in treating osteopetrosis in human has also come a long way in treating caudal heel pain. This type of medication is now gaining acceptance also in treatment of navicular resorption also found in domesticated animals. The drug is administered through perfusion of the affected region. The principal aim of all these methods is actually to relieve pain on the injured foot.

The surgeon can also offer a solution to this animal affected by caudal heel pain using various methods. The primary method includes severing the nerves that are responsible for supplying sensation towards the rear of the foot also referred to as the neurectomy. This method does relieve the pain and complete healing within a period of 3 to 5 years.

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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