PENILE PARALYSIS!

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emily1234

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I know the outcome isnt good for this, but has anyone had any experiences good or bad, treatments/drugs they have tried?

My horse has got it from sedation we have got it down to normal size the muscle is still solid preventing us to put it back to place has anyone any knowlege of this before we decide to put him down?
 
a week yesterday. the outer layer has started to soften we are just hoping the inside does the same!! but its the time length thats an issue.he is currently at the vets on medication and it is straped up and being kept warm
 
Sling the penis up to the belly to keep it from getting traumatised, making sure he can still wee ok. Keep moist if possible.
Is this a true penile paralysis? Or is it priapism? Paralysis would be a floppy willy that he can't get back in by himself, but could be (temporarily) manipulated and put back by you. Priapism is a persistent erection that won't go down. If it is priapism there are drugs that can be used, e.g. phenylephrine injected into penis.

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Ditto the sling if your vets arent already doing it. We stitched two pairs of tight together and fashioned a sling with the help of a rug and a roller, making sure it was changed at least twice a day. The ones I've dealt with have been stallions that gave been kicked by mares and we have regually cold hosed them to get the swelling down, applied creams (sorry can't remember which ones!) and dare I say, massaged them! They were all ok in the end. Good luck with you'd lad, hope he pulls through. X
Ps sorry for spellings ect- I'm on my phone. X
 
Hi

he can still pee ok and has it slung up to his belly being kept most. It is erected hence why its solid so we cant put it back, do you have any experience with this ? howlong it takes or do it soften so we can put it back? Most vets that we have spoken to said we are doomed! but whist hes happy in himself we are trying to give him a chance.
 
This happened to a horse of ours many years ago. He was castrated and ended up with a paralysed willy.

Ultimately, he had an amputation which worked for him. The only downside (apart from the expense) was that he couldn't direct his pee and it went on his belly causing a different problem as we had to keep the area clean and dry so he didn't get sores.

I can't believe, after all these years that there still isn't any effective treatment. One vet told us our horse could have his waterworks re-directed so he would wee from behind like a mare (this was before the amputation).
 
We did have the a option for him to have an op to pee like a more but the outcome and qaulity of life is very slim which i didnt want for him
 
I don't have any direct experience of this, but the only thing I can say is that I do remember hearing about someone whose horse had the op to redirect wee so it came out under the tail like a mare. In that horse's case, although the op was successful, the horse went on to develop an autoimmune disease and was pts. I don't know what the reason for the op was in that horse's case though.

Hope your boy improves.

Sarah
 
emily1234 said:
We did have the a option for him to have an op to pee like a more but the outcome and qaulity of life is very slim which i didnt want for him
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I think the op (perineal urethrostomy if you want to look anything up on it) has better odds than slim. We have done 4 of these in the last 3 years, all because of tumours on the penis. Three are still alive and happy, one has been PTS for unrelated reasons.
I would be injecting phenylephrine into the penis ASAP.
 
When we discussed this with our vet, he said it wouldn't cause the horse any problems except he might pee into his tail at first. We opted for the amputation because it was less invasive, though with hindsight, it might have been a better option than the amputation
 
I know of a pony who had a successfull op that redirected the urethra out the back. When the vet discussed this surgery with the owner they were told it's a mainly straightforward procedure, costing around £2000, with a very good outcome for the horse.
 
gruesome willy photos indeed, eye watering if you are a male I would have thought...

OP, hope something can be done for your boy, there is one in our RC who had his willy amputated a couple of years ago (tumour I think) and he is fine now, being ridden and otherwise back to normal.
 
Our neighbours horse had this,

it was kicked by the pony in its privates. Because the horse is bad with vets it needed two vets to sedate it, thus loosing the power to draw it penis back up. It wore a bag round its bits then over its back to keep it drawn up to save flies etc.. It recovered after a few weeks
 
We turning him upside down and pushing it back in but failed due to the muscle being so ridgid.
Sadly after 2 weeks of trying he has been put down today.
Thank you for your comments.
 
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