Bulldog Prevent & Treat - By Body Part / System

Bulldogs and French Bulldogs are prone to a wide range of painful and debilitating breed-related medical conditions. Most can be prevented and safely treated at your home, at a minimal cost.

Category:   By Body Part & System

Disc Disease

Disc and Back Disease in Bulldogs and French Bulldogs

What is that?

Disc Disease can be caused by a wide range of conditions, the most common of which are vertebral malformation, disc herniation, kyphosis, scoliosis, degenerate arthritic spondylosis, and spina bifida.

Symptoms

Disc disease is likely to cause pain and neurological deficits. Your bulldog can become paralyzed or have a limb weakness, drag his/her legs, cry in pain, lose pain sensation, and become incontinent.

Treatment

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Idiopathic Head Tremors

Head Tremors in Bulldog and France bulldogs

What is that?

The underlying medical origin of bulldog and French bulldog head tremors is mostly unknown and is considered “benign”, It is considered harmless, so no treatment is required but for safety, an exam is recommended.

Symptoms

Sudden episodic head bobbing, tremors, or nodding of the head. It can last a few seconds to minutes and typically stops when the pet is distracted.

Treatment

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Elongated Soft Palate

elongated soft palate guide with original Vet4Bulldog clinical imagery

What is that?

Elongated soft palate in bulldogs and French bulldogs elongated soft palate is an abnormality that can cause increased airway resistance, as well as an increase in negative intra-airway pressure, laryngeal fatigue, and irreversible laryngeal atrophy.

Symptoms

The condition is exasperated by excitement or/and activity and manifested by a loud breathing sound (stridor). It often progresses to retching, hyperthermia, and life-threatening cardio, circulatory and respiratory collapse.

Treatment

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Aspiration Pneumonia

aspiration pneumonia guide with original Vet4Bulldog clinical imagery

What is that?

Aspiration (or inhalation) pneumonia is a condition in which your bulldog inhaled gastric material such as ingesta or acid. The foreign toxic material leads to your bulldog lungs becoming inflamed, reactive, and infected.

Symptoms

Pneumonia bulldogs typically present with a cough, fever, anorexia, and hacking and retching. Difficult Breathing, cyanosis, and potential life-threatening cardio, circulatory and respiratory collapse.

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Stenotic Nares

Stenotic Nares Adult | Vet4Bulldog

What is that?

Stenotic Nares (pinched nares) are part of the flat face (brachycephalic) syndrome. The nasal airflow restricted by the atrophied collapsed nasal cartilage increases the negative intra-airway pressure.

Symptoms

Bulldogs and French Bulldogs with pinched nose exhibit snoring, hacking & retching, and breathing difficulty. Severe chronic stenotic nares can lead to cyanosis and potential life-threatening cardio, circulatory and respiratory collapse.

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Sleep Apnea

sleep apnea in bulldogs

What is that?

Sleep apnea in bulldogs is mostly associated with BOAS (brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome), as well as laryngeal obstruction, oropharyngeal narrowing, and swollen nasal turbinate's.

Symptoms

Loud snoring and chocking sounds; frequent gasps with breathing pauses Restless sleeping with sudden waking Irritable, depressed, fatigued, and stressed prone to respiratory, heart, and hypertension diseases

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BOAS (Brachycephalic Syndrome)

Bulldog dog looking up, standing indoors on floor.

What is that?

Brachycephalic Syndrome or Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BCS, BOAS) is also called the “Flat Face Dog Syndrome, which includes the elongated soft palate, pinched nose, saccules, and hypoplastic trachea.

Symptoms

The condition is most noticeable during excitement and activity by the harsh, loud breathing sound (stridor), snorting, and often cyanosis, retching, hyperthermia, and collapse.

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