Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

I'm not getting it. A permanent windpuff vs. an acute one? There are 
only one kind of windpuff and they are permanent. I immediately treated 
my mare's leg, and it has never gotten bigger or smaller. There are 
types of swelling that can be treated, many of them, but a windpuff 
isn't one of them. And yes, I have a 15 year medical background as well 
and know how to give acute care. Horses will show swelling along the 
tendons in back and it is a vertical filling, but a round windpuff 
anatomically isn't a transient injury. And every article I have ever 
read supports that. As do the vets I have talked with.
Tifany
On Mar 16, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Ridecamp Guest wrote:

> I'd have to respectfully disagree with you on the recovery of wind 
> puffs--acute ones, anyway. Chronic ones that weren't attended
> to initially, yes,certainly, they seem to be permanent. I have 
> personally treated acute wind puffs on my horses several times and
> gotten them to resolve. I'm sure there are variations in severity
> that limit recovery in certain cases. The original poster was
> asking about a recent acute situation with what looks like a wind puff 
> to them. If effective conservative measures are taken early
>  enough, the wind puff may disappear. Also, my vet manual says that
> the distension of a wind puff may be from collection of fluid in
> the capsule, tendon sheath or bursa, as well as a thinkening
>  of the synovium, which probably is a more chronic, or adaptive
> change, as you put it.


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=