My mare has what appears to be a hematoma between her front legs. It has been there now for about 2+ months. In the past, she has had this a couple of times and the fluid just dissipated on its own. This summer she got it during a prolonged heat wave which I think caused the blood to congeal. I have had one vet look at it but he is not sure what it is. My barn owner and I think it is a congealed hematoma. It does seem to be getting smaller. However, I am wondering if anyone has had this happen where the blood congealed and is it something for which I should seek out a surgeon to remove. Thanks for any experience on this. P.S. I am having another vet look at it this week and will continue to seek expert advice from other vets.
My horse got kicked in turnout and developed a pretty large hematoma on his hindquarters. Vet checked it, said it would probably reabsorb and turn into a divot in the muscle. As such we didn’t do anything other than topical arnica. Now almost 3 years later it’s still there. I would have preferred the divot. Other than being unsightly, it causes no issues.
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could be anything from a simple hematoma to a abcessed splinter to an insect bite. I might start with an ultrasound at this point.
Can you post a picture. My mare who is PPID, high insulin, has heaves and through skin test shown to be allergic to many things had this a year ago during a time of high heat and humidity.
I applied Sore No More poultice and it did help it go down and away. Maybe over a week?
What did the vets say and think best to do? Not drain it obviously? That was my thought.
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If it’s a congealed hematoma, surgical removal might be an option.
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Thank you. Posting a photo seems to be beyond either my or my computer’s capabilities!
I struggle w tech too. If you have it on your phone, you can click on SEND option (the square thing with an arrow on the left) with the photo open in front of you.
Then click your Mail icon and give it a size - something like Medium - that normally works. Once it’s in email you can open it, click on the photo, right click to COPY and then come to this thread and right click PASTE and it should load.
Now, if that’s too much I TOTALLY get it. I’m struggling with how to create an album in Facebook and post some pics on my phone. The struggle is REAL.
Thanks Annie, We did an U/S but it was inconclusive. My vet wants to biopsy it but I am thinking that it is a congealed hematoma. We may go through with the biopsy if it does not go away. It is about half the size that it was two months ago. Now I am trying Arnica and will try a poultice.
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I had a congealed hematoma (as in, on my own body, not on a horse). The doctor was very concerned about it and sent me for immediate surgery to scoop it out. I was at his office and he arranged the surgery for the same day. I have a small divot where it was.
Rebecca
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That’s good news! I have had good luck with those with poultice
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I found a pic of my mare’s swelling. How does this compare to yours?
And it was around this time last year and she does get sweet itch and I believe this was from itching herself hard in the area.
This is exactly what my mate’s lump looks like. My mate is also gray and very sensitive to insect bites. Thank you!
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My mare and a friend’s mare had this this year. Similar spot, looks identical. We treated with Zyrtec (Costco Allertec/Ceterizine) with the beginning dose of .2 mg/kg and ending with.4 mg/kg. I kept my mare on it because she was having massive reactions to bug bites. The hanging thing was reduced by half within the first few days. My mare’s got big again and then went down and down and down. I kept her on .4mg/kg because she was reacting so much this summer. As the hanging thing got less full, I was able to feel the hard center of the bug bite/stinger.
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Thank you. That’s helpful to know. I had to withdraw from an event one time because my mare looked like the map of the world with swellings all over her body from black flies biting her overnight. She is very sensitive to bug bites. I will try some antihistamine.
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The dose is two times a day. My horses eat the pills right up. For my 1300-1400 pound horses, it’s 24 pills on the high end or 12 pills on the low end, twice a day. I also use hydroxazine that I get from my vet, but we think certirizine works better. Cetirizine in horses: Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics following repeated oral administration - ScienceDirect Costco Aller-Tec is $15/365 pills
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I think this might have been intended for the Horse Care forum. @Moderator_1, can we move it?
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Moved… thanks!
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After The Carnivorous Mouse Incident my QH had a huge hematoma around his right stifle. At one point it was as big as three grapefruits. Vet advice was ice, bute and exercise. I did that for weeks, eventually finding the exercise did the most for reduction and stopped ice and bute.
The Carnivorous Mouse Incident happened early in November and I have photos of my QH standing at the hay in his field in February with the reduced hematoma still visible. I don’t remember how long it took to go away. I think it was gone by summer (which was June back then).
