oln
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does anyone have any experience of nasal tumours/polyps, and what the best course of action is in a 21 year old? many thanks
NASAL TUMOURS
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Box_Of_Frogs
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Sorry oln - no experience but got fingers crossed for your ned. What do the vets suggest?
kate32
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my old pony had a tumour up his left sinus i was advised by the vet that to remove it would have cost thousands and a pony of his age wouldnt put him through the op but he was fine for ten yrs after we found out apart from the odd nose bleed especialy in the summer ,he died at 32yrs old and was a lovley lad acted like a 2yrold most of the time!
firm
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I had a 21 yr old broodmare with polyps on her vocal cord. Not quite the same but probably similar procedure to get rid of them.
She had been making a slight noise for a month or so after she had had a nosebleed. My vet had taken a look at her but seemed okay. The noise got drastically worse one day, literally overnight. She was scoped by my vet & then referred straight to vet hospital. They said the polyp had reduced her breathing capacity to 5% to 10% which explained why she really struggled to breath when my vet sedated her . They lasered her polyps while she was standing up - it was too big to bring down her nose so they had to try & get her to swallow it. That all went fine but afterwards her throat became badly swollen & they had to give her a tracheomotry (sp?) with a metal tube in her throat. ( On Christmas Eve!) She came home a few days later & we had to keep the tube clean & open. She returned to hospital a few weeks later & had some more laser surgery standing up , then home again, then back & had the tube removed from her throat & the opening closed up.
We just had to keep an eye on her to check she could breath okay without the hole in her throat & there was a worry the polyps might grow back because the vocal cords were rubbing the site of surgery. She did make a noise for a while but now it has got much better and she just makes a noise cantering. She couldn't whinny for ages & when her foal was safely born she couldn't whinny to her but tried very hard to.
The surgery did not seem to take much out of her at all although the second time she was there, she walked straight into the theatre & about turned quicksmart dragging the vet student straight back out the door with her. They did a really great job with her especially the surgeon and I was so thankful she was okay.
That was two years ago and she has been fine. We had no option except surgery. I can't remember how much it cost but if it had just been the one lot of laser surgery it would have been fairly reasonable.
How is your horse affected?
She had been making a slight noise for a month or so after she had had a nosebleed. My vet had taken a look at her but seemed okay. The noise got drastically worse one day, literally overnight. She was scoped by my vet & then referred straight to vet hospital. They said the polyp had reduced her breathing capacity to 5% to 10% which explained why she really struggled to breath when my vet sedated her . They lasered her polyps while she was standing up - it was too big to bring down her nose so they had to try & get her to swallow it. That all went fine but afterwards her throat became badly swollen & they had to give her a tracheomotry (sp?) with a metal tube in her throat. ( On Christmas Eve!) She came home a few days later & we had to keep the tube clean & open. She returned to hospital a few weeks later & had some more laser surgery standing up , then home again, then back & had the tube removed from her throat & the opening closed up.
We just had to keep an eye on her to check she could breath okay without the hole in her throat & there was a worry the polyps might grow back because the vocal cords were rubbing the site of surgery. She did make a noise for a while but now it has got much better and she just makes a noise cantering. She couldn't whinny for ages & when her foal was safely born she couldn't whinny to her but tried very hard to.
The surgery did not seem to take much out of her at all although the second time she was there, she walked straight into the theatre & about turned quicksmart dragging the vet student straight back out the door with her. They did a really great job with her especially the surgeon and I was so thankful she was okay.
That was two years ago and she has been fine. We had no option except surgery. I can't remember how much it cost but if it had just been the one lot of laser surgery it would have been fairly reasonable.
How is your horse affected?
oln
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many thanks everyone. mines a brood mare, i sent her to a friends last spring to go in foal and last october she developed breathing problems, so vet called gave her antibiotics and steroids, breathing got better. a few days later the vet scoped her and found a nasal tumour which he said if wanted he could remove with the endoscope. the nose bled quite a lot afterwards and then she developed a very bad eye. i brought her home on saturday, operation not done as people looking after her thought that the tumour had probably just been a foreign body which had cleared with a lot of muck coming out of eye. she had appeared fine since, but when she got home saturday after 4hr journey i saw her clear her nose and it was a lot of sticky white mucous, hence i think probably a tumour is there. before i call my vet just wanted some ideas on what i can hope to acheive and how. a bit long SORRY
JamesL
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Worth a try but look at www.mushroommatrix.com or www.equilabs.co.uk
Mushrroms are very high in anti-oxidents and an excellent anti-carciogenic of which there are papers proving how it can slow down or prevent cancer in humans. Tests have also been carried out in dogs and many dogs who have limited time life get put on mushrrom powder by owners and an improvement is seen.
P3 matrix is £30per month and you should see a difference it has also shown to improve fertility and mares taking powder were 5% less likely to miscarry.
worth a try eh?
Mushrroms are very high in anti-oxidents and an excellent anti-carciogenic of which there are papers proving how it can slow down or prevent cancer in humans. Tests have also been carried out in dogs and many dogs who have limited time life get put on mushrrom powder by owners and an improvement is seen.
P3 matrix is £30per month and you should see a difference it has also shown to improve fertility and mares taking powder were 5% less likely to miscarry.
worth a try eh?
firm
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hi oln
Let us know what the vet says. It does sound like it is still there. Maybe if it doesn't grow it won't be a problem
The ones on our mare were in the wrong place hence all the wories. Good luck
Let us know what the vet says. It does sound like it is still there. Maybe if it doesn't grow it won't be a problem
Box_Of_Frogs
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Pardon me but mushrooms preventing cancer my eye.
JamesL
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look at the research, these aint your normal mushrooms.
Oxidative stress on T cells play a major part of cancer, take anti-oxidents and you prevent cancer, the most effective anti-oxident is L-ergothiamine which only exists in mushrooms or plants that grow with mushrooms.
Google mushroom and cancer and you will be suprised. It wont cure but will prevent growth.
Sadly your tesco value button mushroom contains no medicinal properties.
Oxidative stress on T cells play a major part of cancer, take anti-oxidents and you prevent cancer, the most effective anti-oxident is L-ergothiamine which only exists in mushrooms or plants that grow with mushrooms.
Google mushroom and cancer and you will be suprised. It wont cure but will prevent growth.
Sadly your tesco value button mushroom contains no medicinal properties.