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kerry bixby (Parfait)
| | Posted on Thursday, May 17, 2001 - 8:21 pm: |   |
I have recently brought a mare home from surgery (ALD) on both hinds. She obviously has inflamatory swelling at present and I'm inclined to wrap her. One vet advises me to pull the wraps as the horse can become dependent on the wraps and will fill up when the wraps are not used everyday, if the horse is used to them. He said that the best time to take them off is within the next two weeks, while the HA/Vetalog is still working.
Another vet said that she needs to have wraps on for a good while and that the horse cannot become dependent on them. I know that track guys wrap like Banchees...What's the research say? It feels right to me to wrap her, she (used to be) a halter and hunter mare...I'd like to minimize the bulky look of those legs as best I can. Thank you. I love the forum!
Kerry B. |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM (Dro)
| | Posted on Friday, May 18, 2001 - 6:55 am: | |
Though there are lots of horses that have problems of chronically swollen legs, I have never heard of that being because a horse became "dependent" on wraps. I do know if not attended to, swelling in the legs of horses can go from a acute to a chronic problem. If the swelling is just left there, the tissues become stretched and lose some of their elasticity, so fill chronically.
I think pressure wraps to help relieve swelling is an important component of treatment. See the article associated with this forum and its associated links for more.
DrO |
kerry bixby (Parfait)
| | Posted on Friday, May 18, 2001 - 11:31 am: | |
Thank you Dr Oglesby for such a quick response. I'll keep wrapping and hopefully improve my technique over time. Your articles have proved helpful.
Kerry |
Daniel Sudilovsky MD
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Username: Dsudilo
Post Number: 1
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Monday, Sep 9, 2002 - 1:18 pm: | |
My 4 year old arab/quarter gelding recently developed swelling of the fetlock overnight. The joint is not obviously inflammed, the tendons are not inflammed nor is there point tenderness and he is not lame. I gave Bute, cold and pressure bandages for the first few days and pressure bandages for 2 weeks which reduces the fluid almost entirely. I can even excersize him without the bandage without swelling or lameness. However, if I leave the bandage off overnight, the leg fills again. My Vet feels this may have been caused by minor trauma and to keep it wrapped. He warns, however that this may be a chronic problem in that it has been going on for several weeks.
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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: Dro
Post Number: 6886
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Sep 10, 2002 - 8:46 am: | |
Hello DrS,
There are several more possibilities including a mild injury, scrape or bruise, further up the leg and gravity has pulled the swelling down. It is too early to think this may become a chronic problem and treatment is handled in the article associated with this forum and in the article referenced below.
Though your swelling is not clearly inflammatory and certainly not as severe as most described in this article the rule out lists still apply: Equine Diseases » Lameness » Swollen, Painful, Legs. See if anything else seems to apply.
DrO
PS, when you post a new question you should start your own discussion and not post it at the bottom of someone else's discussion. When you create your own discussion, it keeps discussions easy to read and you will get more responses quicker. The buttons for starting new discussions are at the bottom of most pages with a list of subtopic titles on it. For more on this see the "READ THIS FIRST" topic besides the Add a Message label on the form below. Lets go ahead and finish this here and later I will move it into its own discussion.
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