Gail Pfoh wrote 03/16/2008 10:40 AM Hygroma #186128 - 03/16/2008 10:40 AM
Gail Pfoh Webboard User Reg: 09-09-2007 Posts: 13 Loc: Offline	My GSD female just turned 8 months old yesterday & has had a hygroma on her left elbow for about one month. I'm trying to avoid surgery so we've been monitoring it & hoping it will go away on it's own. If anyone has any experience with this I would love to hear your suggestions. We try to pad her crate as much as possible but she is a chewer when left alone so we've had to give up on foam padding. We use blankets or towels in the crate now. She is not lame & does not show pain there even when we touch it. It has not gotten smaller & another one seems to be starting on her other elbow. Has anyone had success without surgery? Thanks, Gail
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Shannon Reed wrote 03/16/2008 10:48 AM Re: Hygroma [Re: Gail Pfoh ] #186129 - 03/16/2008 10:48 AM
Shannon Reed Webboard User Reg: 12-29-2007 Posts: 117 Loc: Washington State Offline	Here is a recent but still active thread on the subject. http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=186067#Post186067 Shannon
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Kathleen Heth wrote 03/17/2008 11:57 PM Re: Hygroma [Re: Shannon Reed ] #186347 - 03/17/2008 11:57 PM
Kathleen Heth Webboard User Reg: 12-01-2006 Posts: 88 Loc: Offline	Both my shepherds had them. Both went away without surgery, takes a long while to go away. It was one of those things by the time you get used to it it's gone. I never drained or treated them just left them alone.
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Diana Scoccia wrote 03/18/2008 01:07 AM Re: Hygroma [Re: Gail Pfoh ] #186349 - 03/18/2008 01:07 AM
Diana Scoccia Webboard User Reg: 03-16-2008 Posts: 2 Loc: Offline	My third German Shepherd Moeshe also has that on one of his elbows. I wouldn't consider doing surgery since it's not good to put a dog under the knife unnecessarily. I've got him on cod liver oil, which he gets daily, and I think it's keeping the hygroma on his elbow small. I didn't use cod liver oil in the past with my other dogs and if nothing else it has given him a lustrous coat and has strengthened his immune system.
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Mike Arnold wrote 03/18/2008 06:20 AM Re: Hygroma [Re: Gail Pfoh ] #186363 - 03/18/2008 06:20 AM
Mike Arnold Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2004 Posts: 1344 Loc: CNY Offline	Mike A. "I wouldn't touch that dog, son. He don't take to pettin." Hondo, played by John Wayne
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