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I would like to get opinions from either the vets here or others here who have 
had experience w/ there horses getting hematomas.

My horse took a bad fall this past Sunday and now has a huge hematoma on his 
butt/thigh. It has started to migrate down into his hock and leg now. I did 
read in the archives and on some other lists that it is best not to lance/drain 
hematomas and to let them reabsorb on their own because of the fear of 
infection when draining. I spoke w/ my vet tonight and his opinion is to drain 
it. He told me what can happen the hematomas can have blood clots and you have 
to get those clots out because if you don't when it does reabsorb those clots 
can calcify plus they may create scar tissue and can then possibly create a so 
called hitch in the horses gait, and the range of motion in the leg can be 
affected. He did say to keep the horse moving. Not to do anything hard mostly 
flats and maybe some hills to keep the circulation going in the leg. If anyone 
can give me some input or thoughts to what my vet said or other opinions I 
would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you
Kim


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