Lymphangitis

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my horse suffered a bout of lymphangitis 2 weeks ago and the swelling has gone down a fair bit but not completely. I ride him for half an hour to help disperse the fluid, which does help as his leg goes down a bit. How much should or can he be ridden, he is not lame and is happy to walk on. Help as this is driving me mad.
 
My horse was treated for Lymphangitis about 2 weeks ago as well. Her leg is still a fair bit bigger than it should be. Spoke to vet and they said as long as it hasn't got bigger since antibiotics it will go down eventually. Although on rare occassions some never return to normal size :s

I have been riding for the last week as she is completely sound.

Are you stable bandaging at night? If your horse is in?
 
My chap also had it, fairly mild but in both fetlocks and hocks in rear legs.

Royal vet college were our vets and the head man said to cold hose twice a day, lots of walking exercise, and use thermatex wraps at night to keep legs warm and supported.

He had periodic bouts since but for the past year or so has only had slight fluidy fetlocks after exceptional exercise.

His legs went back to normal size.

NB hes now in a 16x12 stable too not 12x12 like he used to be so he can walk round a bit more. And more turnout tho we always had some even in winter.
 
Umm interesting. Mine got it about 6 weeks ago, and was hopping lame for about 4 days. He was an box rest for about 2 weeks and has been out in the field since. We were told not to ride him and he is having another few months off! His leg was poultused(sp) when his leg burst-4 weeks ago. Puss has been coping out since then and its nearly back to normal size. He is toltally sund but his hip is out due to it.

My case seems different, anyone had experince and done what I did?
 
Dobson & Horrel do a Lymphangits suppliment which might help. One of my horses Troy sufferd with this on and off for the past 18 months but sadly he was put down 10 days ago, due to a increase swelling and not being able to control this, he then started cold sweating .and his sheath swallon as well.It was a long fight but one we lost.
I wish you luck with your horse and try the suppliment as it did help .
 
How long do you expect the swelling to go down. Is there a limit to this that will indicate that the leg may remain this big. Could you tell me did you ride your horse normally eg walk trot canter etc or limit it to just short walks any info pls
 
Hi, I don't know whether my experiance of lymphangitis will help, but it seems closer to Comet's experience. My older mare developed it due to a puncture wound at the top of a front leg. altho she had antibitics straight away and we poulticed,but it developed until she had swelling in all her legs.She was in foal at the time. Nightmare!we were desperately worried that box rest would compound the issue, our vets agreed so she was kept in the field from then on.It definately helped her,the other horses helped encourage her to move around and she slowly improved.It was definately a very slow process though and her recovery took months rather than weeks...:(
 
Canyou turn him out at all until he is no longer lame? What does the vet say?
Mine had lymphangitis but wasn't lame for all that long, although I'd guess it took a month for the swelling to go down
 
He is out 24/7 and is not lame. When i do ride him he is walking normaly and very willing but i am afraid i will do more damage if i over do it.
 
I rode my horse normally apart from didn't trot on the roads, just as a precaution as that causes more concussion, and didn't think it was fair as her leg was still a little swollen. First time out she wasn't meant to be cantering but tanked off with me, so guess her leg wasn't hurting!
Took it carefully in the school, more because I felt she might not have the flexion in her fetlock as well as it was swollen.
Yesterday it has come back to normal size, so took nearly 4 weeks after antibiotics to completely reduce the swelling.

Edited to say: Although her normal is only a couple of times a week so wasn't working her hard. But when she was ridden I didn't just walk.
 
I've a mare with chronic lymphangitis. Her leg is large from stifle to hoof and she has large growths of proud flesh.

Her leg doesn't go down at all, she is turned out all day and in at night, leg is kept as dry as possible, and is now left well alone.

Biopsies have shown nothing more than granulation tissue in the lumps, and vets say riding her should help.

Mine is sound on it, only time she struggles is for trims, she isn't able to hold it up as high as the other due to the swelling.

Bandaging does reduce it overnight, but it fills again, and she is very unhappy about it being fiddled with now.
 
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