unexplained lump in chin groove and a bit of swelling...any ideas?

[Dizzydusty]

My horse had had a bit of a lump for the past week just where his chin groove is, it goes right accross the groove. I initially thought it was connected to his salivary glands swelling due to too much moisture (he has been particularly prone to that this year)...but on reflection, I dont think there are glands that far down the jaw. theres no heat, hes eating fine, and its not affecting him with his snaffle in.

He came in from the field last night with his cheeks all puffed up. Checked him out and I cant feel any ulcers and there was nothing stuck. inside his mouth.

I am now wondering if hes had an allergic reaction to eating something like nettles as the cheek area just looks puffy. Im at a loss as to what the lump/swelling is in the chin groove tho. Will post photos later as I cant upload to photobucket just now.

Kx

 

[Girlracer]

My boy gets horrendous grass glands and this time of year with the grass coming through he too gets a big lump in his chin groove, like this -

if you look closely at his chin you can see the lump

And his whole face gets fat, my friends horse also gets the same this time of year. I'm pretty sure it's all connected.

 

[Dizzydusty]

Thats exactly what hes got! Take it your boys lumps go down and do they last for a wile before disapearing....hes had his about a week now, where as the swellings he gets round his jaw go down after a couple of days

 

[Girlracer]

Thats exactly what hes got! Take it your boys lumps go down and do they last for a wile before disapearing....hes had his about a week now, where as the swellings he gets round his jaw go down after a couple of days

Yep they do go down, he has it everyday and it doesn't go down over night. I had to keep him in for a day last week and it had gone down in that time. But it does depend on the field too, some fields he gets it worse in than others. Like this week he's in a different field and only has hamster cheeks rather than right down to his chin, where as in a different paddock last week he had a lumpy chin everyday. He comes in at night too but the night in isn't enough to make it dissappear, as i say he was in for a day before it went.