juliehannah58
Well-Known Member
I need some (preferably reassuring
) advice please guys.....
I posted last week about slight swelling after nerve blocks, well this swelling went down after about 2-3 days and decreased with turnout / walking etc (told this was normal). On vets advice she has just been shod and started walking after 7 months rest due to a 'mistery' problem in her off fore tendon / liagment area (but they never found out where exactly). I took her out on Weds for a hack, and she was a bit silly but just some jogging in places. Got back and leg looked fine, next morning after standing in all night it looked fine so put her out (didn't ride yesterday) then last night I arrived to find it a bit swollen on the outside of her cannon area, inside was significantly less swollen but the outside was still cold to touch. She walked in sound so I assumed perhaps she'd been standing around waiting and it had puffed up a bit then (which is normal for her), so I bandaged it last night and walked her out this morning - sound - now it looks even worse. Really quite swollen and firm but still not raging hot and the swelling is more evenly spread now and is all arund the cannon/tendon area, not localised to one place.
I called my vet (not my usual person but still an equine vet) and he did not seem all that concerned and has made an appointment for my regular vet to come out on Monday. She is sound in walk and it doesn't appear to be painful but I'm worried it could be infection from the nerve blocks? Is this a possibility? It did go right down inbetween and looked normal, and he only blocked twice up to pastern / fetlock level but the swelling is now in tendon / cannon area again. If it's 'the' problem coming up again then I can handle that but obviously if there is a chance of an infection I want her seen asap
Is there usually any lameness with infections and heat? I've tried to research it but come up with limited info.
I have done as advised and hosed then dried and bandaged and keeping her in until monday but I am concerned in case this is an infection of some kind? I could just be winding myself up over nothing but I know how serious they can be so I am paranoid.
Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry to bother you all but I'd feel a right prat phoning this vet up again
Many thanks for reading
Julie
I posted last week about slight swelling after nerve blocks, well this swelling went down after about 2-3 days and decreased with turnout / walking etc (told this was normal). On vets advice she has just been shod and started walking after 7 months rest due to a 'mistery' problem in her off fore tendon / liagment area (but they never found out where exactly). I took her out on Weds for a hack, and she was a bit silly but just some jogging in places. Got back and leg looked fine, next morning after standing in all night it looked fine so put her out (didn't ride yesterday) then last night I arrived to find it a bit swollen on the outside of her cannon area, inside was significantly less swollen but the outside was still cold to touch. She walked in sound so I assumed perhaps she'd been standing around waiting and it had puffed up a bit then (which is normal for her), so I bandaged it last night and walked her out this morning - sound - now it looks even worse. Really quite swollen and firm but still not raging hot and the swelling is more evenly spread now and is all arund the cannon/tendon area, not localised to one place.
I called my vet (not my usual person but still an equine vet) and he did not seem all that concerned and has made an appointment for my regular vet to come out on Monday. She is sound in walk and it doesn't appear to be painful but I'm worried it could be infection from the nerve blocks? Is this a possibility? It did go right down inbetween and looked normal, and he only blocked twice up to pastern / fetlock level but the swelling is now in tendon / cannon area again. If it's 'the' problem coming up again then I can handle that but obviously if there is a chance of an infection I want her seen asap
Is there usually any lameness with infections and heat? I've tried to research it but come up with limited info.
I have done as advised and hosed then dried and bandaged and keeping her in until monday but I am concerned in case this is an infection of some kind? I could just be winding myself up over nothing but I know how serious they can be so I am paranoid.
Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry to bother you all but I'd feel a right prat phoning this vet up again
Many thanks for reading
Julie
