Medical Terms for Boxers Health You Should Know:

Health terms and common description

• Alapechia .. Hair loss of the trunk

• Aortic stenosis  ... Heart ailment

• Atopy Itchy ... skin disease

• Axonopathy ... Disease of the nervous system

• Bacterial systitis ... Bladder stones

• Bradycardia ... Slow heart rate

• Boxer cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac conduction

• Calcinosis cutis ... Calcium deposits in the skin

• Cardiac conduction ... Heart ailment pertaining to irregular heart beat

• Cardiomyopathy  ... Heart ailment

• Cherry eye ... Eye ulcer

• Comedones ... Blackheads/acne

• Cryptorchidism ... Undescended testicle

• Cushings syndrome ... Adrenal gland disorder

• Demodicosis ... Non-contagious mange

• Dilative cardipmyopathy ... Enlarged and thins-walled heart muscle

• Eye scleras ... Mucus membrane in the eyes

• Gastric torsion/GDV ... Bloat

• Hematocrit ... Abdominal bleeding

• Hip dysplasia ... Genetic disorder of the hip bones

• Hyperadrenocorticism ... Overactice adrenal gland

• Hypothyrodism ... Disorder of the thyroid gland

• IBS ... Irritable bowel syndrome

• Incontinence ...Poor control of urination

• Intervertebral disk disease ... Spinal cord disease

• Mast cell tumor ... Malignant tumor

• Oral mucuso ... Mucus membrane in the mouth

• Papules ... Red bumps/acne

• Polydipsia ... Increased water consumption

• Polyphagia ... Increased appetite

• Polyuria ... Increase urination

• Syncopam episode ... Fainting spell