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| Member: spuddy98 |
Posted on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 - 10:07 pm: I have a six year old quarter horse mare that was discovered to have a swollen eye. Initially I thought it was just a bruise and disregarded the swelling. The swelling was over the eye, a bit below the front of the eye and across the forehead. She also had a small cut/scrape over the eye. I didn't see the horse for a day and on the third day she seemed to have a pussy discharge running from the corner of her eye and the swelling was more severe.I started her on 30ml Pen G with procaine once daily (the best I could do). I used very warm water to wash the eye and clear the pus/discharge as well as holding the warm cloth on the swelling. After 4 days of treatment the eye looked much better so I discontinued the Pen G and left her to go on her way. Now two days later or about a week after the injury the eye seemed a bit more swollen so I used a hot water wash/compress again for about 15 minutes. After doing some research online I think she must have hit it very hard and caused Periosteal Swelling at the intersection of bones in the head. The swelling along the forehead, I think, is between the frontal bone and the nasal bone. Also swelling in front of the eye between the lacrymal bone and the malar bone. I considered a light treatment of DMSO on the skin above the swelling. My wife was extremely concerned that the DMSO might get in the mares eye. I think the increased blood circulation it will cause might be worthwhile. Is this reasonable? I have look thru this site and only find one reference to this on a horses head with few comments. Is my research likely to be correct and can you comment on periosteal swelling and its long term prognosis. (Is it likely to go back to normal?) Thanks 
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