Limber tail syndrome , or acute caudal myopathy , is a muscle disorder in the tail, usually affecting the worker's dog.
This is an injury that occurs primarily in sports dogs or workers such as English Bookmarks, English Speakers, Foxhounds, Beagles, and Labrador Retrievers. Limber tail syndrome is also known as swimmer tail, cold water tail, broken tail, dead tail, "happy tail" or damaged rocking.
Video Limber tail syndrome
Signs and symptoms
This injury affects the dog's tail, causing him pain at or near his base. The tail tail can be recognized by a very soft tail, or tail that is horizontally held for 3 to 4 inches, and then down vertically. This condition is also more pronounced in dogs that wag their tails.
Maps Limber tail syndrome
Cause
It has been said by many dog ​​owners that bending tails have caused long (24 hours) after swimming in water that is too cold or on rare occasions too warm and indeed this has certainly resulted in this very condition. The actual cause is unknown but may be caused by a narrowing of space in which the spinal cord passes, usually due to degenerative changes to the intervertebral disk space. This fundamental change may not lead to visible changes until the problem suddenly gets worse, such as during physical activity, after trauma, etc. Sometimes other changes are seen before or along with bending diseases, such as urinary incontinence or feces, postural abnormalities in the pelvic extremity, or pain in response to lower back touch.
Treatment
With rest, the tail returns to normal within a few days. Pain relief, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be given. The symptoms can recur.
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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