Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Category:Medical Colic in the Horse (view source)

Revision as of 10:26, 6 June 2010

887 bytes removed ,  10:26, 6 June 2010
no edit summary
Line 21: Line 21:  
[[Flatulent Colic]]
 
[[Flatulent Colic]]
    +
[[Impaction, Pelvic Flexure]]
   −
  −
====Large Colon====
  −
=====Pelvic flexure impaction=====
  −
A relatively common form of colic, that is often associated with a recent change in diet, management or exercise levels.  Pain is moderate, and often persists despite adequate [[analgesia]], a sign more commonly associated with colic of a surgical nature.  However, rectal examination provides a definitive diagnosis, with a large, doughy structure occupying much of the pelvis.  Treatment involves encouraging fluid output into the large colon, to help soften the impaction, firstly by ensuring adequate hydration with intra-venous fluids, and sometimes by administration of [[sodium chloride]] and sodium sulphate orally, to create an [[osmotic]] gradient.  Large volumes of water, sometimes with Magnesium Sulfate with or without liquid paraffin ([[Mineral oil]]) are also given by naso-gastric tube, to help soften the impaction and encourage its movement.
      
=====Left dorsal displacement=====
 
=====Left dorsal displacement=====
Bara
Author, Donkey, Bureaucrats, Administrators
53,803

edits

Retrieved from "https://en.wikivet.net/Special:MobileDiff/64395"

Navigation menu