Muscle Swelling In Dogs. It can also have other more severe causes, such as cancerous tumors. Swelling on the top of the head.
Because the arthritic joints that are affected are swollen and painful, there may be a loss of muscle tissue in that limb, particularly if the lameness has been ongoing for a length of time. Dogs in the acute phase of mmm have swollen, painful jaw muscles and trismus, or the inability to open the jaw. Eom is an immune mediated disease of the extraocular muscles.