Treatment For Mild Laminitis

By joyce harman chronic laminitis can be a very difficult disease to treat however by using natural treatments the success rate increases significantly.

Treatment for mild laminitis. Recognising that the horse has laminitis. Treatment will depend on specific circumstances but may include the following. Various medicine can be given to control the pain. The horse needs to be stabled on a deep shavings bed in order that the bedding packs up under the foot to provide further support and cushioning.

Treating these horses involves a combination of many alternative and complementary modalities including acupuncture herbs homeopathy and the most important of all nutrition. For equine practitioners treating laminitis may seem like an unrewarding task that can leave patients unimproved or worse and clients overwhelmed. Diagnosing and treating the primary problem laminitis is often due to a systemic or general problem elsewhere in the horse s body. Laminitis is a humbling disease and anyone who claims universal success simply hasn t treated enough horses.

Wild horses recover by keeping moving with the herd which promotes blood circulation in the hoof and helps remove toxins. You can turn horses with mild laminitis out onto soft pasture with other animals to encourage them to keep moving. The priority in the initial treatment of laminitis is to support the pedal bone to prevent rotation or sinking. There is no proven or consistent treatment for laminitis o grady said.

Chronic laminitis can be a very difficult disease to treat however by using natural treatments the success rate increases significantly. So many treatment modalities drugs and over the counter supplements are available that it becomes frustrating just to develop a plan based on solid science. Feed only grass hay until advised by your veterinarian. Vets may give non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs nsaids such as phenylbutazone or flunixin and opiates like morphine and pethidine.

Allow your horse to exercise to promote blood circulation. Horses with laminitis can be difficult to take treat and rehabilitate even under the best of circumstances. Consequently treatment regimens for both acute and chronic laminitis generally remain empiric and are based on the past. Unfortunately at this time there is simply no single optimum approach to rehabilitation for each horse.

Treating these horses involves a combination of many alternative and complementary modalities including acupuncture herbs homeopathy and the most important of all nutrition. The shoes should be removed to allow better support to be applied to the sole.