Swollen thyroid in horse
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A swollen sheath can be due to several different factors. First of all, many horse have very large sheaths due to fat collection in this area so if the problem has been present for a while and is slowly getting worse, it could just be fat, especially if he is fat in other places. Other causes would be tumors in the prepuce or on the penis or infection in the area. I would rec. contacting your vet to sedate the horse and do a complete exam of the area.
Is your mare curtrently nursing? IF so, please contact your vet about this. Otherwise, in my non-nursing or lactating mares inn the past, I have used only water and an antibacterial soap (i.e. Betadine Surgical Scrub) or only just water. I make sure to soak the areas well with warm water on gentle flow (I also do the vulva area and anus), put a bit of the Betadine on a soft wash cloth and wash all areas gently removing all debris, sweat, and gunk. DO NOT CLEAN INSIDE ANY AREA>..
Painful swallowing is called odynophagia. Difficulty in swallowing is dysphagia. Reflux (GERD) is a common cause. Lump in the throat and extra production of phlegm are other common symptoms of GERD.
Your ENT should be well equipped to identify it.
Is the pain excruciating, like a charley horse? If so, it sounds like cricopharyngeal spasms. If not, count your blessings.
All of the glands in my neck swelled up, my throat got horse and it feels hard to swallow. I also have gained 30 lbs in the last 8 months without a change in my diet. I thought my salivary glands were swollen as I kept getting that biting into a lemon sensation and something under my tongue feels swollen. My ears also hurt. My PCP referred me to an ENT who felt a nodule on my thyroid and sent me for a sonogram.
ve never had a problem with swollen sheath in any gelding until I read an old book that states to regularly clean it. So, I cleaned it out of guilt and Now my horse has a swollen sheath!
I agree with above vets that swollen sheath can arise from a number of factors. One seems to be from cleaning/disturbing via cleaning when not warranted.
About 6 months ago my daughter was working on a horse ranch and a horse jurked her around and she fell in a hole still holding on the the horse, ever since she has had severe back pain upper and lower and swelling in the foot and leg, her foot is like ice. She has been to several doctors but no one can tell her anything. One doctor says she has a factor of the spine in disc L5 and the other says she has no facture.
OK I had a Thyroidectomy about two yrs ago and meds have never been regulated went off meds close to 5 months or so and was recently was admitted to hospital with chest pains and problems breathing found out my tsh was 308 when normal is .5-1.
You need to get in and see a doctor and get a new prescription for your thyroid meds, and you need to do that right away. Have you had surgery and/or RAI for your thyroid cancer?
Brian, I have Hashimoto's and my thyroid does this as well. This site lists recommended thyroid docs in the US.
http://www.thyroid-info.com/topdrs/
In the meantime, tell her to take Selenium once a day. That has calmed my swelling.
I have no idea why she takes two Synthroid on Sunday. I haven't heard of treating patients that way. I suggest you find a thyroid specialist.
s not visible through the skin or anything but if I use my thumb and forefinger to press on the area where the thyroid is I feel it there. Could this be a swollen gland possibly? It's not near my jawline (although the glands up there do feel swollen also and have for about four years straight). It's almost exactly in the middle of the front of neck to the left side. Are there lymph nodes near the middle of the throat or near the thyroid also?
Hubby is an his last week of treatment,Treatment was ok and all blood tests remsined normal except mcv thats 108 last week,Now the problem is that hubby is having swollen glands in the head at 3 places of very small size....I am afraid if iys a side effect of tx or somethingelse.....Plz somebody reply if has experienced it......
I had half my thyroid removed in 2002 and the other half removed in 2004. Both surgeries were due to non-cancer tumor growth. They did not remove the parathyroid glands. I now am experiencing a feeling of a lump in my throat when I swallow and the front of my neck seems swollen or enlarged. It is very difficult to swallow if my head is even slightly titled up. What could be causing this?
Hi,
The past few years I have had this problem after I touch metal shopping carts or even the metal water faucet at a horse barn ( I'm guessing it has to be that). My hands itch extremely bad and begin to swell instantly and the swelling spreads up my arm. The past few times it has happened the severity is higher and the episodes last longer. Also it is becoming more frequent. Would this be an allergy or some type of deficiency ?Thank you.
I live in the UK.Your horse sounds beautiful and talented.Unfortunately I am not as talented as you and your horse sounds, as I only hack and school her, but I try to do something with her every day, I think that I am a little too old to be too enthusiastic to try Dressage, am aching a little from when she fell the other day.I do not know much of her history prior to owning her,but would love to find out.Could you explain what Hunt Seat equitation involves?
A tsh of 11 is too high, it's like a horse being whipped to make it run.... but after a while the horse will be exhausted and no matter how hard you whip it it can't run any more. The thyroid hormones being in range just mean that your thyroid is still coping, but only just.
With a TSH of 11 you need to be started on thyroid meds already.
Yes, TSH is an indicator hormone, but it tends to be a very good indication of hypothyroid when it is high.
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