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A young man who boards the same place that I do has a horse that
is having a weird recurring problem.  The horse is an old QH (about 38)gelding
that will simultaneously have a swollen sheath and swollen fetlocks.  He has 
had a vet take a look at him and they are baffled. Took blood test but no type 
of xrays or ultrasound (for leg issue).  Both problems happen the same time, 
and then go away at the same time as mysteriously as they started.  It happens 
every couple of months.  The horse is a retired pasture pet, and does not have 
much exercise (gets turned out in a round pen by the owner once or twice a 
week) but nothing more; used to be a barrel horse in earlier years.  Any ideas? 
The owner does not have a lot of money to spend on vet tests, and is kind of 
just ignoring the problem at this point and waits for the symptoms to recede 
again each time it occurs as he can not afford to have more tests done.  The 
horse never seems to be in any type of pain outwardly or lame from the 
swelling, but as it is not my horse I don't observe it enough to really say 
that 100%.  Has anyone ever seen this before?


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