Hi Vidhya.
Panostitis appears to be time limited. It comes, the dog gets pain, it then goes away and the dog suffers no long term ill effects. This of course is unlike HD particularly which, although the dog might develop ways of living with it, muscle development and the like will always be there, or OCD which leaves a strong risk of Arthritis. To my knowledge, there is no "Cure", no operation which can put it right, it just goes. About the only thing that can be done is to give a pain killer to reduce the pain during a bout, and wait for it to go. I know it looks as if I’m pushing my same old “I hate puppy food” thing but there is believed to be a food link. Bones growing too fast. I doubt that is the whole story though. Like HD or OCD I believe the predisposition must be there first. Of course, as I’ve said before, you won’t know the predisposition is there until it’s too late so I try to keep growth slow anyway, just as a precaution.
Hi Gena.
Yes, I would have liked to see the elbows and shoulder x-rayed but I doubt if it would show anything. The only advantage would be in positively eliminating OCD from the equation. Personally, to me, it sounds so like Pano but then I must stress, I'm not a vet, just an old man who's been around a bit!!
Regards, John