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Discussion on Swelling of hock
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Posted on Monday, Jan 14, 2002 - 1:20 pm:
Hi.
I have been reading several discussions on care of swelling of hocks..I have a 5 y.o. quarter gelding who injured his hock. His xrays show no fracture and he is not obviously lame. The hock had gotten to the size of a large orange..we had it aspirated and injected then wrapped for several days. But one day out of the wrap, the swelling was just as bad as before. I finally was able to get a hold of some neoprene hock boots. My question now is, if I have his hock aspirated and injected once more, then get the boot on and leave it on, will this prevent the reoccurence of swelling? If so, how long a time period would be indicated. Also, why do they make so much "juice" in the first place? Has anyone had any success with any sort of treatment for this problem?
Thanks
Diana
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Posted on Tuesday, Jan 15, 2002 - 7:06 am:
Hello Diana,
Some of the answers to your question depends on what exactly is swollen: is this subcutaneous swelling or swelling within the joint capsule or perhaps a combination of both?
DrO
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Posted on Wednesday, Jan 16, 2002 - 4:09 pm:
Dr.O
The swelling is right at the point of the hock
and it is just about perfectly round filling the inside of my hand, about the size of a large orange. 2 weeks ago my vet aspirated it inferiorly with a 16 gauge needle getting serosanguinous fluid about 10-15 ml taking some of the swelling down. Then she injected it with 18 mg of triamcinolone. The joint doesn't show any swelling either by xray or exam. When I checked it last night it was slightly decreased and felt boggier, like a water balloon. I have kept the neoprene hock boot on thinking that if I take leave it off it'll just get bigger. Information that I have found seems to indicate that this will never go back to normal. In your experience, is this true?Thank you for your time.
Diana
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