Cushing Disease in Dog

Cushing Disease in Dog is caused by the excessive production of glucocorticoids (a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity). It is generally present in muscular disorders, being its main symptoms weakness and atrophy.

The dogs abdomen hangs and the elbows present abduction (moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body). Atrophy appears more seriously in temporal muscles. In more advanced cases, rigidness of the extremities appears and the dog walks stiffly. In extreme cases, the extremities become rigid, especially the hind ones, this impedes the dog from bending them. You should take this matter to the vet without wasting time.

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