Flaming Horses
Flaming Horses: How To Spot Inflammation Horses often get sore or injured - especially when riding is added to the equation. Whether it be an injury caused by the farrier, incorrect saddle fit, jumping, or a freak accident such as a slip in the mud, horses are accident prone. Inflammation in horses can come in a variety of ways: swelling, heat, pain, or even loss of function of a muscle. The reason a joint may lose function the result of two main factors such as: heat which occurs when a release of enzymes are sent from the dead or dying cells to the brain to signal something is wrong, and swelling which appears when white blood cells are sent by the blood vessels and move to the injured location to help repair. Unfortunately, sometimes the horse’s body actually damages itself though this rebuilding process. Sometimes the injury is too great for the body to handle and that is when owners need to know the signs to call their veterinarians who can help the inflammation process wi...