We have a pup who was paralyzed d/t abuse in a prior home and a broken back. He tends to hop on his butt even though we encourage him to drag. This has created a hygroma on his left butt. We got him toddler snowboarding padded shorts he wears everywhere. He sleep on an orthopedic bed and we encourage him not to hop as much as possible, he also gets heat packs to the area daily. Any other advice you can give for prevention and worsening of his fairly bad hygroma?

I hv 3 years labrador male suffering from hygroma in his one elbow Our doctor tried to remove the fliude with needle but afr some day it will be on the same condition before if there is any antibiotic for hygroma plz tell me execept then surgery.

I noticed the other day my dog, Nimbus, has basically a “ball” on each elbow. Researching it I found out about hygroma. The only problem for me for prevention is Nimbus prefers the hard ground to beds etd. He never uses the beds I get him and prefers to sleep on the tile and the hard plastic of his crate. So I guess my question is, is there a way to get him to lay on beds etc? He also tears the beds up- as if they are just a big stuffed toy.

My 9 yo Dachshund has a hock hygroma. When he sits he tucks that leg under him. This is where the pressure is coming from. He keeps trying to bite it. I should just let him because then it will drain. He has a soft bed. But elsewhere we have wood floors. I can't find a wrap for a hock. Would an anti inflamitory work? Don't know what to do. This is his 2nd one in 3 weeks. Had one before a year ago.

We adopted Super Dave in July 2019. At the end of February he was hit by a car and his person who was homeless began to beat him because he was incontinent and then proceeded to take Super Daves pain medication instead of giving it to him. He was taken away from his person and kept at the local county shelter where they did everything they could for him. they raised money to get him a cart and he was taken care of there. Then he went into a foster home in June and we adopted him in mid July. He had a pretty bad hygroma and ulceration on his left front leg. He is now able to use his other three legs. we have gotten him doggleggs and keep treating the ulceration with manuka honey and a foamee pad on his elbow. When we took him to the vet they put him on Clindimyacin and Carprofen. the ulceration is getting better but his elbow is still very swollen. it does not seem to be filled with fluid. I need to know what I can do to take down the swelling in his elbow. It does not seem to be painful for him. I do physical therapy with him everyday on that leg, range of motion. we were doing hydrotherapy while the weather was warm enough since it is an outside pool and now its been too cold to do that. he is 7 years old and the youngest of our 9 rescued dogs. Thanks for any input!

Flint was diagnosed with a hygroma on his olecranon process about 5 years ago. We were told it was nothing to worry about. He does lay down right on it very often. He has a soft bed, but often likes to lay on the hard floor because it's cooler. We had a biopsy done, but no cells were collected. It was clear fluid mixed with some milky substance. Recently, we noticed it had gotten bigger. We had an x-ray done (probably about a year after the aspiration biopsy), and the x-ray shows calcification that is starting to creep up the bone to the shoulder. We are now being told that a CT scan with a biopsy is needed so they can get a larger chunk. It now seems that cancer is a likely possibility. Can a hygroma turn into cancer? With the calcification, is there a chance that this is still just a hygroma?

I'm a professional dog service provider who boarded a Rhodesian Ridgeback over Xmas break. Exactly one week after the dog arrived on Xmas eve (of course), I noticed swelling in his entire left front leg, especially around the elbow. After careful examination, there was no wound or entry point for infection. He was running and playing pretty hard, so I relayed to the client it was in my opinion, the injury was likely caused by a sports-related injury, i.e; possibly a sprain or torn ACL (best/worse case). Since the owner was in London at the time and most vets were closed except the very expensive after-hours Emergency vet hospital, the client and I mutually agreed it was probably safe to wait until she picked him up the day after Christmas when and bring him to a vet local to her as she did not live in the area. I tried Carprofen (doggy Advil) which showed noticeable improvement of swelling and pain. Meanwhile, I kept a close eye and agreed to update her in case the condition worsened or showed other signs of concern. He continued to eat, drink and play normally so I wasn't overly concerned. However, I urged the client to make an appt that day for her dog to be seen as soon as she got back. It wasn't until the morning the dog was scheduled to be picked up, the wound had doubled in size with a single puncture wound so I could only assume the hygroma either ulcerated or he started gnawing at it and appeared to be in a lot of pain again, yelping only when I touched the site. Ulceration seemed more likely due to the single hole which started to weep a blood-tinged clear fluid by the time he was checking out. I put a cone on him and applied a Betadine solution followed by sterile gauze secured by stretchy polo wrap. The owner was able to get him into the vet that same day and it was reported that the swelling was likely started out as a hygroma that developed into a staph infection. From everything I'm reading, it sounds like hygromas are caused by lying on hard surfaces except we only have dogs crated at night furnished with a soft rug and a fleece blanket over that. He was free to play all day or relax inside on big plush dog bed which he did most of the time. When I first noticed the swelling, we ditched the crate and had him sleep loose outside of the crate exclusively on the thick dog bed for the remainder of his stay. My question is, how in the heck could something like this escalate so quickly? Are there any other factors that could've caused the infection such as a comedone or furuncle? This doesn't make any sense to me especially because I've never seen him lay on a hard surface. The owner commended me at first for reporting and updating about his condition unknown at the time. Is there a chance this hygroma could have been pre-existing whether known or unknown to the client? From what I'm reading it takes weeks to form a callous. I'm not clear on what factors would contribute to the infection for it to escalate so quickly. Had I noticed the slightest scratch along with the swelling, I would've definitely said he needs emergency vet right away as I'm aware staph naturally lives on the dog's skin. But this wasn't the case.