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[RC] Mystery virus in horses in Egypt - NancyAs an old ICU nurse I would say something is attacking the red blood cells and or muscle tissue. The dark red urine is the tip off--the horse is passing large amounts of red cells and or muscle tissue. The blue gums is an sign of lack of oxygen. The red blood cells carry the oxygen to the tissue-if large amounts of red blood cells are damaged you do not have enough red cells to deliver the needed oxygen to the tissues. In humans you see this in toxic poisons, massive crush injuries and burns. With this type of massive cell damage the body cleans up and passes the dead cells out via the kidney. If you do not have enough fluid in the body to flush out the damaged cells, the kidney is literally plugged with the damaged cells/tissue. The treatment is lots of fluids to flush the particles out and thus avoid kidney damage. This is a oversimplification of the human model, have no idea how it translates to equines. I have not worked in the ICU in 10 years (thank goodness!), and I assume they have new medications and other treatments for this. What a nightmare, my prayers are with you and I hope they figure out what is causing this. Nancy Reed Lazy J Ranch Elfin Forest, CA ----original message--------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------From: Maryanne Gabbani <msgabbani@xxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] Mystery virus in horses in Egypt We've been having a series of sick and dying horses in Cairo and having just managed to get a stallion through this in one piece, we want to share the symptoms, our theories about what is happening and how we succeeded in having a horse survive....Symptoms: The onset looks like a colic. No fever at all. The eyelid is dark red and the gums have blue streaks. The back is stiff and the = area over the kidney is held high, similar to a horse with excess gas. At this point if manure is passed, it is dry with no mucus. It looks like a light colic, but the horses who have presented these symptoms then proceed to shivering, collapsing and dehydration within = 24 hours. By this time they have diarrhea and dark reddish urine. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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