I had a pony with cushings disease (jilly), there are 2 types of cushings, 1, Tumour of the adrenal gland, this cause's excess production of cortisol,Treatment = Usually only one adrenal gland is involved, which should/can be removed surgically. 2, a tumour on the pituitary gland, this produce's to much ACTH, this simulates the adrenal glands to produce excess cortisol (this form of cushings is more common),Treatment = oral mitotane given daily to suppress adrenal function.
For jilly we did nothing, she nether got worse nor better, with horse's the symptoms are, very long curly coat, muscle wastage, stomach bloat, thiness, loss of balance, excesive water/food intake.
When we got jilly, she was in a bad way (i will attach a pic), she had all the above symptoms, than after a year she looked great, than as she got older she got all of the above again, and we had her put to sleep (she was around 40 years old and had, had a very hard life) (picture after a year with us in thread "i can scetch horses")
Long post sorry
Ky and Rio
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