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Location: Middle Tennessee | Looking back, I do see how my first post is unclear.
I feel there must be some sort of confusion in my situation. This vet I go to is the best around. I trust him completely. However, I'm a full time college student and my boyfriend took my gelding to the vet for me when he had the scope done. He also did a blood profile.
Boyfriend said it was a lung infection. Now, after talking to you all, I feel like he may have been confused or misunderstood.
I did talk to my vet afterwards and asked about the treatment protocol and if was okay to ride him. I plan to call him this evening and ask what exactly I'm dealing with and if it is really okay to ride. He is supposed to go back this week to be rechecked.
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Location: Middle Tennessee | Just called my vets office. Waiting to hear back from him with more definitive information. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | Okay, finally got things cleared up I believe. Talked to my vet. It was NOT a lung infection. He found signs of the onset of IAD (inflammatory airway disease). He said we caught it very early. He found a slight amount of mucous accumulation.
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Location: EDGE OF INSANITY | i'm calling you out!! you edited your original post (6 minutes ago) that originally said that the vet said he had had the infection FOR A WHILE so to keep working him. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | Yes I did edit it. All my information came from my boyfriend who took the horse to the vet. He was wrong. I just spoke to my vet and got everything straight. I edited as not to confuse anyone or make myself sound contradictory like before. I get called out for sounding like I'm contradicting myself and then I get called out for trying not to contradict myself.
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | horsepoor1 - 2015-02-06 4:13 PM i'm calling you out!! you edited your original post (6 minutes ago) that originally said that the vet said he had had the infection FOR A WHILE so to keep working him.
I'm not one to get into things like this but yes....your original post did say that. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | Read above post. |
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Location: Central Texas | I don't have any advise just wanted to say I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time here. |
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Location: Midwest | Why was the horse on antibiotics? Didn't the vet give you some sort of anti-inflammatory, like Dex or something? |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | ampratt - 2015-02-06 3:47 PM
I don't have any advise just wanted to say I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time here.
Thank you. I really just come here for advise and I'm getting to the point I don't want to post on here anymore. And I know I've seen others who have felt this way. |
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Location: N Texas | ampratt - 2015-02-06 3:47 PM
I don't have any advise just wanted to say I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time here.
Ditto. She said her boyfriend got incorrect information, she hasn't been riding the horse, and now she knows the actual diagnosis.
Personally, if I sent my husband to the vet with one of my horses, there's no telling what kind of story he'd come back home with 
OP, I don't have any insight on what's ailing your horse, just hope he gets better! Glad you caught it early! |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | He was put on Equisol initially and the vet is having me pick up another medication this evening. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | Gunner11 - 2015-02-06 3:56 PM
ampratt - 2015-02-06 3:47 PM
I don't have any advise just wanted to say I'm sorry you're having such a difficult time here.
Ditto. She said her boyfriend got incorrect information, she hasn't been riding the horse, and now she knows the actual diagnosis.
Personally, if I sent my husband to the vet with one of my horses, there's no telling what kind of story he'd come back home with
OP, I don't have any insight on what's ailing your horse, just hope he gets better! Glad you caught it early!
Thanks. He took his mare to the vet because she was lame and took mine with him. He was a wreck (this is his first horse) and the vet said he ate about 10 pounds of candy while he was there lol! No wonder he got my story mixed up. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | The way I understood it was that he was on the medicine because of the mucous. I am assuming he was put on it to keep an infection from occurring? |
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Location: North Dakota | Ok, well I'm glad you got all the info now. I hope your horse gets better soon. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Well I had to laugh at some of the posts, here is what I believe is happening. A horse that is trying to catch his breath will lower his/her head. Since your horse is having lung issues lowering the head will make your horse feel heavy. I don't think there is a need to changea bit because of this. Just let your horse heal and I think the issue will resolve itself. Writing and talking to someone in person can really change how one perceive things so here is a cyber hug  take care. |
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| cow pie - 2015-02-06 7:06 PM
Well I had to laugh at some of the posts, here is what I believe is happening. A horse that is trying to catch his breath will lower his/her head. Since your horse is having lung issues lowering the head will make your horse feel heavy. I don't think there is a need to changea bit because of this. Just let your horse heal and I think the issue will resolve itself. Writing and talking to someone in person can really change how one perceive things so here is a cyber hug take care.
I agree. Sometimes it's really hard to be clear about something confusing, and we all jump to conclusions. I believe you're doing the best you can for your horse. Don't sweat the small stuff on the board.
Just get him breathing 100%. I wouldn't be shy about looking into all the prescription breather feel goods you can. I have horrible athsma and so I really feel for anybody (man or beast) that just can't breathe right. It hurts so bad sometimes!
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| RodeoGirlJodi - 2015-02-06 3:03 PM
Okay, finally got things cleared up I believe. Talked to my vet. It was NOT a lung infection. He found signs of the onset of IAD (inflammatory airway disease). He said we caught it very early. He found a slight amount of mucous accumulation.
Have any of you dealt with this before?
I have dealt with mucus accumulation, my vet does a cardiac fluid overload so their lungs become moist and the horse can cough it up.
Honestly this is worse then an infection, mine was diagnosed in the summer, her trigger was a forest fire,
My horse cannot have dusty hay period, and cannot be ridden indoors for the first year, we will re scope her this summer and determine where to go. |
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