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Discussion on Rehab for fibrotic myopathy
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Vlchan
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Posted on Friday, Sep 3, 2004 - 11:22 pm:
my mare has been diagnosed with fibrotic myopathy. I have a lady who also had a horse with this problem and she used a certain combination of vitamins to treat the horse and it was eventually cured. I am trying these vitamins, she said they attack the extra calcium and destroy it. After several weeks on the vitamins my mare seemed better, but suddenly she has become worse. She came in from pasture the other night and was wet with sweat over her entire hip area on the side with the calicification. SHe was very irritable and seemed uncomfortable. My vet is on an extended, well deserved vacation, so I can't ask him about this and I really don't think any other vets in the area would know that much about horses with this problem. Tonight, she was markedly more "drawn in" on that hip between the hock upward to towards the back of the tail. Does this calicification area grow larger and what is the long term diagnosis on horses with this problem? She has had this problem now for almost six months.
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DrO
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Posted on Monday, Sep 6, 2004 - 6:54 pm:
Once established the condition usually stabilizes. She may have reinjured the areas or perhaps your problem is unrelated: get an exam done. There are no vitamins that will cause resorbtion of the calcium and even if it did this would not fix the problem as it is the scar tissue that causes the restricted motion. The calcium is a secondary degenerative process.
DrO
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garrigon
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Posted on Saturday, Jun 9, 2007 - 9:19 pm:
We have a horse with an old injury to his lower rump. The injury happened before we bought him.
The muscle is shortened and very stiff his way of going is much like in your article "Fibrotic or Ossifying Myopathy in Horses." My question is if this causes no pain can he still be ridden etc? At one time he was a very accomplished AQHA jumper.
Other than the stiff motion in his hind leg he is healthy. My son just stopped riding and showing so he has been off work for several years and I would like to find someone to put him back to use if he is able.
Thanks
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DrO
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Posted on Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 - 7:07 am:
Hello Gwen,
We recommend you repost this in a new discussion, so that you will receive more timely responses.
DrO
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