Raf's blood results came back - all normal except for the free Cushings test, which shows he has PPID. He's only 9 and doesn't have any symptoms other than lethargy and weight loss - both of which have improved since the vet came out initially. Because the other bloods came back clear last week, the vet had thought his symptoms were probably due to an infection which he'd since got over and so was quite surprised when the Cushings result came through today - just goes to show it was worth having done!
Level (of what I don't know) is 65 (should be less than 47) which the vet says isn't too bad and indicates early onset. He's to have half a Prascend daily to start with and bloods re-done in 4-6 weeks. I asked about dietary management but vet said that it's really only useful for horses with laminitic symptoms, as diet can't shrink the tumour that causes the problems.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight - I've never really bothered to look into PPID too deeply as I didn't think it was something I had to worry about yet, but now seems to be the time to hit Google!
Level (of what I don't know) is 65 (should be less than 47) which the vet says isn't too bad and indicates early onset. He's to have half a Prascend daily to start with and bloods re-done in 4-6 weeks. I asked about dietary management but vet said that it's really only useful for horses with laminitic symptoms, as diet can't shrink the tumour that causes the problems.
Guess what I'll be doing tonight - I've never really bothered to look into PPID too deeply as I didn't think it was something I had to worry about yet, but now seems to be the time to hit Google!