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Discussion on Generalized soreness, stiffness, swelling
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New Member: Jimbo999
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Posted on Monday, Apr 19, 2004 - 12:35 pm:
a 4 year oold standardbred that has tons of speed but has a serious medical problem. i bought the horse in september 2003 and he had a bowed tenon which i was told that it was operated on the year before. the bowed tenon never bothered the horse and i can say that it was a successful operation. i did notice on the front of the ankle there was a ball about the size of a quarter but it never bothered the horse and we trained him and started to race him.After the 4th race that ball had popped open and blood was all over.We took him to the vet who kept him for 5 days and flushed the hole and gave him antibiotics to stop any infection. we took him back and for the next 3 weeks did the same thing the vet did. we started to jog him and the hole closed up and we qualified the horse and the hole opened up again. We took him back to the vet and this time he gave him dmso with cortisone,smz's,gentamicin,furacin-granulex, and panalog and also some enyzimes. The hole closed very fast and even the hair started to grow over the hole and it was closed completely. we qualified him and everything was fine and then we raced him at yonkers and the hole blew open again.within 8 hours his leg blows up and it starts to get infected. the vet has thrown up his hands so i am asking you for your help thanks you
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Moderator: DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Apr 20, 2004 - 8:07 am:
Hello Jim, You need to have the nature of the swelling and the tissues involved with swelling defined. Radiography, ultrasound, and perhaps biopsy should give you the above inforamtion. From this information a decision can be made whether total removal of the mass is practical or not. DrO
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