What is the difference in detail of a sinus infection, or a sinus problem with the lungs?
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at
12:15 am
My horse has a runny nose, and the vet thinks he has a sinus infection. How will he cure him? Is this a big problem? There is a chance that there may be fluid in his lungs. How is this cured? Is this serious please help!
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What the nurse said. Don’t worry about those thumbs down. You’re answer was right on.
With your horse, you may not know, but the entire area behind the front of his face, up to in between his eyes, is empty after the bone. There are cartilageaneous formations throughout, but there are structures that form the compartmants to the sinuses. Sinuses are an upper respiratory problem. There are 3 sections to the sinuses, one frontal sinus and two temporal sinuses. The sinuses can get infections for a variety of reasons – just like in humans. Allergies and bacteria can cause infection in the sinuses.
Sinus infection in horses can get quite severe quite quickly, and sometimes, a stronger anti bitoic than just SMZ may be needed. Some horses even need to go as far as getting a small hole drilled through their frontal bones for the purpose of inserting a tube and draining the sinuses ~this is usually done in chronic infection cases. Just a runny nose could literally be anything that just a few days worth of antiobiotics will clear up.
Sinus infections are accompanied by extremely thick, yellow, green, and white secretions from the nose- very, very thick secretions that smell. A truly strong smell that begins to fill the barn probably means a tooth root infection, and a decaying tooth. A simple upper respiratory infection can be cured with just SMZ most of the time, maybe some peniciilin, but usually doesn’t need to go as far as getting IV antiobiotics. Maybe a little bute, soemtimes too, but you’re vet should have given you the treatments your horse needs, and if he didn’t , you should call a different vet!
Fluid in the lungs, depending on how much, isn’t a huge problem. As the horse gets well, the fluid will absorb into the body. Sometimes, diurectics can be used to help evacuate excess body fluid. With fluid in the lungs, your horse would be coughing – you don’t say if he is or not. Now, if the horse has pneumonia, that’s a bigger problem, but again, antibiotics can clear that up, too. In severe cases, hospitiliazation might be needed.
All in all, don’t panic! Just monitor his temperature, give him the medications your vet should have given you, and I am sure in a couple days, he’ll be fine.
Well I have never heard of a horse getting a sinus infection, but if it’s anything like a human… it shouldn’t be a big problem, and should go away witih a couple of weeks, again this is based on humans, not horses, but IDK so. I think you could put him on sum medications, but talk to your vet a little more. About the fluid in his lungs, well that isn’t good, but idk what to do, sorry I’m not much of a help, but jst trying. Good lcuk!
a sinus infection….is like….umm….have you ever had a really bad headache…and when you sneeze it hurts all over..and ..maby…some "stuff" comes out..(i know… ewe) but if that "stuff" is green ….its a sinus infection….a sinus problem w/ the lungs….is like you cough really…REALLY..hard..and all this stuff comes up w/ it…well…your sinuses are draining what is in them down the air tube that you can breathe through (your nose)…the only way for these things to be cured…is antibiotics
First of all ~ a sinus infection refers to an infection in the sinus cavity of your skull. You do not have any sort of sinuses in your lungs, and neither do horses. Therefore it is impossible for anyone (or anything!) to have a "sinus problem with the lungs."
How a sinus infection is cured depends on the type of infection. If it is bacterial, then antibiotics are used. If the infection is viral, there is usually no medication prescribed. You will have to wait for the virus to run it’s course.
"Fluid in the lungs" is another term for pneumonia. In people, it can be serious if the person is very young, or elderly, in poor health or immobile. But in a relatively healthy person, pneumonia is not normally life threatening. Pneumonia is also treated with antibiotics.
I am a nurse, not a vet ~ so the answers I gave you are for people. However, I am an animal lover and my family has horses. While I don’t pretend to know *exactly* how animals are treated for their illnesses, my experience is that treatment for animals can be pretty darn similar to the treatment for humans.
If your horse is healthy and able to move around, make sure he/she gets a little bit of exercise every day. You don’t have to ride it or anything, but if it is kept in a stall make sure it gets out for a few hours everyday to move around (unless the weather is especially cold or rainy.) This will help the pneumonia. Keeping it couped up in the stall all day will not be beneficial.
If the vet gives you any medicine for the horse, make sure to give your horse *all of the medication* ~ even if it seems better. Do not stop the treatment unless specifically told to by your vet.
Best of luck to you and your horse
EDIT: Don’t know why I got the thumbs down ~ I didn’t misslead you or tell you anything that isn’t factual. My answer isn’t great, but no one else posted helpful info or bothered to clear up your missconceptions. Sheesh.