croissant
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Hi all, just wondering if any of you have any experience with sub-mandibular lymph nodes. I'll start at the beginning, so as not to drip feed.
My horse has had an active sub-mandibular lymph node since I met her in November. Tested for strangles, which was negative, the vet said it was likely a kind of grass gland and advised to leave it alone. It subsided when she was kept in for two weeks, but this made her legs fill up.
Fast forward to 1st April, I had her vetted, vet noticed it again and expressed little concern. Could be teeth (done in January), a grass gland type thing or just because she's young (she is 6.) He also said she may be fighting off a mild virus like tonsillitis, as she coughed three times when he squeezed her upper airway. He told me to leave it, but call if it ruptured or if she became ill. She has not been ill since, bar a bit of nasal discharge for a few days about 6 weeks ago.
Now, the lymph node in question has doubled in size - it's about the size of a medium-sized egg if you take into account the bit that's tucked up under her jaw. The other side has also become active, and a second, smaller pair of lymph nodes have appeared directly underneath the first pair. She is slightly bothered if you put pressure on them.
We have recently moved yards, so I expected them to change with different grazing and being in at night for a week or so but there has been no change. The vet came last week and took blood and aspirated some fluid from the swellings. They were inconclusive but showed an elevated level of lymphoid cells so they are pretty sure they're lymph nodes. She's having a biopsy on Tuesday.
Does anybody have experience of anything like this? She is my first horse, I have of course been googling and presented with things like lymphosarcoma
My horse has had an active sub-mandibular lymph node since I met her in November. Tested for strangles, which was negative, the vet said it was likely a kind of grass gland and advised to leave it alone. It subsided when she was kept in for two weeks, but this made her legs fill up.
Fast forward to 1st April, I had her vetted, vet noticed it again and expressed little concern. Could be teeth (done in January), a grass gland type thing or just because she's young (she is 6.) He also said she may be fighting off a mild virus like tonsillitis, as she coughed three times when he squeezed her upper airway. He told me to leave it, but call if it ruptured or if she became ill. She has not been ill since, bar a bit of nasal discharge for a few days about 6 weeks ago.
Now, the lymph node in question has doubled in size - it's about the size of a medium-sized egg if you take into account the bit that's tucked up under her jaw. The other side has also become active, and a second, smaller pair of lymph nodes have appeared directly underneath the first pair. She is slightly bothered if you put pressure on them.
We have recently moved yards, so I expected them to change with different grazing and being in at night for a week or so but there has been no change. The vet came last week and took blood and aspirated some fluid from the swellings. They were inconclusive but showed an elevated level of lymphoid cells so they are pretty sure they're lymph nodes. She's having a biopsy on Tuesday.
Does anybody have experience of anything like this? She is my first horse, I have of course been googling and presented with things like lymphosarcoma
