Boston Terrier Health Issues – Brachycephalic Syndrome
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I’ve been reading about some boston terrier health issues that have been bugging my terrier. So while reading, I got to know more about the different common sickness and illnesses that terriers can have and will tend to contract.
So here I am sharing with you some of my findings.
Some of them are brachycephalic syndrome, patellar luxation, hemivertebrae, sensorineural deafness, and eye problems.
Even though Boston Terriers are generally healthy, and long-lived dogs. They are still susceptible to the more common diseases that affects all dogs such as bordetella, distemper and parvovirus.
One of the more common health problems is the Brachycephalic Syndrome. This syndrome is a combination of upper airway disorders that cause airflow resistance in the upper respiratory tract (nose and larynx) in short-nosed breeds of dogs.
The cause is related to the shortened bones of these dogs’ flattened faces without a proportionate shortening of the overlying soft tissues. The excess soft tissue leads to airway compromise. The most common conditions include: stenotic nares (pinched nostrils), elongated soft palate, and everted laryngeal saccules.
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