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Discussion on Throughpin?
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Megster
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Posted on Sunday, Jul 18, 2004 - 2:37 pm:
Dr O. My mare was diagnosed with throughpins on both hocks on purchase, about 18 mns ago. They aren't huge but noticeable if you are looking for them. Last week when I returned from holiday I noticed that she has a swelling to the outside of her right back leg, on the highest part of the indent on her hock joint above and slightly infront of where the throughpin sits. It feels like it contains fluid and is quite large and relatively hard - I can only describe it to be the size of say a third of a small egg. There is no lameness at all although during our riding lesson last night she seemed stiff on the right rein which may or may not be attributed, I'm not sure. It could just be due to her having not been schooled for almost three weeks due to my holiday. There is a possibility that she was cantering around her field when I was away when the mares she lives with were removed from the field. I haven't had it looked at by a vet yet as initially I thought her throughpin had come up as she also has windgalls that feel harder at this time of year due to the hard ground. My instructor thought last night that the swelling is higher than where a throughpin normally sits - in fact she pointed out her throughpin on that leg which was a much smaller swelling lower down and slightly further back. Should I be concerned about this? I've had a good look through the info on the site and haven't found any answers specifically on this type of swelling.
Thanks
Sarah
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Jul 19, 2004 - 9:51 am:
As I cannot place exactly where the swelling is and your description of it being filled with fluid but hard and sound but stiff seem contradictory. If you think there might be lameness I would recommend a thorough examination of the horses movements at a trot watching from behind, see Equine Diseases » Lameness » The Diagnosis of Lameness in the Horse for more. If still uncertain I would have the vet come take a look.
Could you post a well it photo perhaps? That might further help us decide what it is you are looking at.
DrO
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Megster
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Posted on Friday, Jul 23, 2004 - 5:14 pm:
Dr O. I've posted some 'not so sexy' leg photies of Meg to show you where the lump is - on looking at these I can see that my original description was rubbish - so apologies! The lump is actually quite squidgy, as though its fluid filled and when she rests her leg, it disappears inside altogether. To clarify my point on the stiffness, she's definitely not lame, just a bit more reluctant than normal to step under from behind when working on a circle and is reluctant to engage from behind when trotting - but as I said, she can be quite lazy behind anyway and this could just be coincidence as she's done very little in the past three weeks or so and may just be feeling a bit stiff generally. The lump has been exactly the same now for two weeks. Her windgalls around her fetlocks are also up, and feel quite hard but I'm not concerned about these as they were the same last year, I think due to the hard ground.
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Sarah
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Megster
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Posted on Friday, Jul 23, 2004 - 5:30 pm:
Dr O
For some reason I am recieving an error message saying that the size of the photo I'm trying to send is too big. Its 264k and the limit is 64k.
Is there any other way i can get this to you?
Sarah
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Jul 26, 2004 - 2:44 pm:
Hello Sarah,
Most graphic programs have a way to reduce the file size of a photo. Look at the program you used to import the graphic.
DrO
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