All of us who have pets at home want them to have one good health, we take care of them as if they were a human, but many times they get sick and it is hard for us to know how to take care of them and what we have to do to make them recover. That is why today we will talk to you about one of the most common diseases in dogs, so that you stay informed and can take your pet to a veterinarian as soon as possible if it has any of these symptoms.
The first thing you should know is that the breeds most affected by the brachycephalic syndrome They are the Boston Terriers, the French Bulldog, the English Bulldog, the Pug, and the Shih Tzu. If your pet falls into this group of breeds, you have to be very careful with some pathologies.
Brachycephalic syndrome symptoms
It is worth mentioning that these breeds of dogs have a slight elongation and a non-normal thickness in their soft palate, so they will be affected by a slight obstruction in the airways.
When your palate begins to vibrate you will produce various snoring and a strong inflammation in the area of the larynx.
Likewise, you have to be careful with the stenosis of the nostrils, since these dogs usually have many trouble breathing, which will generate the peculiar panting that these dogs usually have.
La nasal turbinate hyperplasia It also usually affects these breeds, these are folds of the mucosa that are located inside the nose and in dogs with an elongated head and body, that is, dolicephalous dogsThis does not usually happen to them because they have many turbinates throughout the nasal cavity. But on the contrary brachycephalic dogs, they have to place all the turbinates in a very small space, this is because they do not have such an elongated snout.
The consequence of all this is that when they breathe through their noses, the air will have to pass through a large number of folds, which will generate the inspiratory overexertion that will affect the normality of your breathing.
But these dogs are not only going to be affected by these conditions, but over time they will go through various anomalies and deformations like the ones we will mention below:
Laryngeal collapse is the loss of function of the laryngeal cartilagesAt this point in the illness, the pet cannot breathe at all.
You can also present the eversion of laryngeal ventriclesIn healthy animals that do not have any type of problem, these are a pair of tiny windows located in the larynx. When this condition is generated, the mucosa that covers the ventricles will come out towards the outside and can form a new structure that did not exist before, which will make it difficult for air to enterWhen the animal is at this point, its condition is very critical.
These conditions that we mentioned above, they will progress over time and the problems mentioned, in the beginning, are going to be unavoidable conditions that the dog is born with.
We do not write this to make you alarmed, it is so you know that these are breeds that can suffer from various diseases so we have to know how is their way of acting and make them daily reviews with a specialist.
It is important that you speak with your trusted veterinarian if you observe any type of fading after your dog goes through a situation of fatigue, stress or collapse. You should also check that there is no excess snoring because this can be a sign that something is wrong.
The specialist must do the necessary tests and inform you of what you should do and what are the options for you to improve.